"There were always in me, two women at least,

one woman desperate and bewildered,

who felt she was drowning and another who

would leap into a scene, as upon a stage,

conceal her true emotions because they

were weaknesses, helplessness, despair,

and present to the world only a smile,

an eagerness, curiosity, enthusiasm, interest."

- Anaïs Nin

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"She danced for autumn on yellow carpets

she huddled and swirled - and sank and went out."

- Edith Södergran

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"I knew that someday I was gonna die

And I knew before I died

Two things would happen to me

That number one: I would regret my entire life

And number two: I would want to live my life over again"

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