The dream was always running ahead of me. To catch up, to l… - Anaïs Nin

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The dream was always running ahead of me. To catch up, to live for a moment in unison, was the miracle.

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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 woman will sit eternally in the tall black armchair. I will be the one woman you will never have... excessive living weighs down the imagination: we will not live, we will only write and talk to swell the sails.

You cannot save people, you can only love them.

I miss the animal buoyancy of New York, the animal vitality. I did not mind that it had no meaning and no depth.

The dream was always running ahead of me. To catch up, to live for a moment in unison, was the miracle. - Anaïs Nin

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