"Adolescence is like cactus."
"Experience teaches acceptance of the imperfect as life."
Source: Why Men Fall Out of Love : The Secrets They Don't Tell by Michael French, (p. 142), 2005.
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Anais Nin
Writer, Diarist
Anais Nin was a French-Cuban-American diarist and writer known for her exploration of love, identity, and the human psyche in works like 'Delta of Venus'.
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