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And in his eyes he had the look of the cat who inspires a desire to caress but loves no one, who never feels he must respond to the impulses he arouses.

And in his eyes he had the look of the cat who inspires a desire to caress but loves no one, who never feels he must respond to the impulses he arouses.

Approximate author period: c. 1940 AD · modern

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Author or tradition
Anaïs Nin
Attribution: attributed
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Historical period
Approximate author period: c. 1940 AD · modern
Approximate author-period anchor from life dates 1903 to 1977; Wikidata Q220018, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q220018 (accessed 2026-10-08). Not a quotation composition date.
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