Don't say anything, because I see that you understand me, and I am afraid of your understanding. I have such a fear of finding another like myself, and such a desire to find one! I am so utterly lonely, but I also have such a fear that my isolation be broken through, and I no longer be the head and ruler of my universe. I am in great terror of your understanding by which you penetrate into my world; and then I stand revealed and I have to share my kingdom with you.
Anais NinWriters 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.
Anais Ninjazz is the expression of America's romantic self, its sensual potency, its lyrical force.
Anais NinWoman does not forget she needs the fecundator, she does not forget that everything that is born of her is planted in her.
Anais Nin