“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.”

— Anaïs Nin , book House of Incest

Source: House of Incest

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writer of novels, short stories, and erotica 1903–1977

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