Anais Nin hasn't spent much time with her father for 20 years, but in May, 1933, he comes to her. She has spent these 20 years trying not to be like him, but now, she realizes how similar they are to each other. They both love music and the sea. They both dislike poverty. They are both curious. They have both consciously created their personalities. They both live with order and discipline. He has shaped what she has become without even being present.
I once made a list of the positive and negative qualities of my parents that I felt I possessed and realized how much like both of them I am even though I feel like they are different from each other. It is said that we choose partners who possess both the positive and negative traits of our parents. So, who am I, and who do I choose in a partner? I guess we are all a little bit of everything.
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