I don’t really want to become normal, average, standard. I want merely to gain in strength, in...

I don’t really want to become normal, average, standard. I want merely to gain in strength, in the courage to live out my life more fully, enjoy more, experience more. I want to develop even more original and more unconventional traits.

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Anais Nin

Writer of novels, short stories, and erotica

February 21st, 1903 - January 14th, 1977

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