Women & Empowerment! Commonly misattributed
“And the day came when the risk to remain tight in a bud was more painful than the risk it took to blossom.

— Anaïs Nin
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- Anaïs Nin
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- ! Commonly misattributed
Commonly credited to Anaïs Nin; Quote Investigator traces it to Elizabeth Appell (c. 1979 poster text).
Photo: Dominicus Johannes Bergsma · CC BY-SA 4.0 · source · Portrait: Elsa Dorfman (CC BY-SA 3.0)
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