When others asked the truth of me, I was convinced it was n… - Anaïs Nin

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When others asked the truth of me, I was convinced it was not the truth they wanted, but an illusion they could bear to live with.

Anaïs Nin

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Anaïs Nin (Spanish pronunciation: [anaˈiz ˈnin]; 21 February 1903 – 14 January 1977), born Angela Anais Juana Antolina Rosa Edelmira Nin y Culmell, was a French-born author of Spanish, Cuban, and Danish descent who became famous for her published journals, which span more than sixty years, and for her erotica.

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Alternative Names: Angela Anaïs Juana Antolina Rosa Edelmira Nin y Culmell • Anais Nin • Ángela Anaïs Juana Antolina Rosa Edelmira Nin Culmell

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The truly faithless one is the one who makes love to only a fraction of you. And denies the rest.

Every word you wrote I ate, as if it were manna. Finding one's self in a book is a second birth; and you are the only one who knows that at times men behave like women and women like men, and that all these distinctions are mock distinctions.

I really believe that if I were not a writer, not a creator, not an experimenter, I might have been a very faithful wife.

When others asked the truth of me, I was convinced it was not the truth they wanted, but an illusion they could bear to live with. - Anaïs Nin

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