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Anaïs Nin Quotes
The role of the writer is not to say what we can all say but what we are unable to say.
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(Summer 1954) The Diary of Anaïs Nin, Volume V (1947-1955)
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Anaïs Nin
Profession:
Writer, Diarist, Essayist
Born:
February 21, 1903 - January 14, 1977
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