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Sex2 quotes
Electric flesh-arrows...traversing the body. A rainbow of color strikes the eyelids. A foam of music falls over the ears. It is the gong of the orgasm. — Anais Nin · 1937Sex loses all its power and magic when it becomes explicit, mechanical, overdone, when it becomes a mechanistic obsession. It becomes a bore. — Anais Nin · 1941Big vs. small1 quote
I write about little things because the big ones are like abysses. — Anais Nin · 1934Courage1 quote
Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one's courage. — Anais Nin · 1941Letters1 quote
The very touch of the letter was as if you had taken me all into your arms. — Anais Nin · 1932Life1 quote
Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one's courage. — Anais Nin · 1941Living life to the fullest1 quote
Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one's courage. — Anais Nin · 1941The little things1 quote
I write about little things because the big ones are like abysses. — Anais Nin · 1934The ordinary and mundane1 quote
I write about little things because the big ones are like abysses. — Anais Nin · 1934