"Adolescence is like cactus."
"Because history is only an aggregate of personal hostilities, personal prejudices, personal blindness and irrationality, there are times when we have to live against it."
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Source: The Diary Of Anais Nin, Volume 7 (1966-1974). Book by Anais Nin, 1981.
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