The possession of knowledge does not kill the sense of wonder and mystery. There is always more mystery.
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 Ninthe cynic is a coward. He foresees all barrenness so that barrenness can never surprise him.
Anais NinWhen she closed her eyes she felt he had many hands, which touched her everywhere, and many mouths, which passed so swiftly over her, and with a wolflike sharpness, his teeth sank into her fleshiest parts. Naked now, he lay his full length over her. She enjoyed his weight on her, enjoyed being crushed under his body. She wanted him soldered to her, from mouth to feet. Shivers passed through her body.
Anais NinIf I fall asleep, it is because I am overloaded. I sleep because one hour with Henry contains five years of my life, and one phrase, one caress answers the expectations of a hundred nights. When I hear him laugh, I say, "I have heard Rabelais.". And I swallow his laughter like bread and wine.
Anais Nin