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Anais Nin Quotes: Writers do not live one life, they live two. There is the living and then there is the writing. There is the second tasting, the delayed reaction.
         

Writers do not live one life, they live two. There is the living and then there is the writing. There is the second tasting, the delayed reaction.


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This page presents the quote "Writers do not live one life, they live two. There is the living and then there is the writing. There is the second tasting, the delayed reaction.". Author of this quote is Anais Nin. This quote is about writing, two, delayed, tasting, reactions, life,.