“I am aware of being in a beautiful prison, from which I can only escape by writing.”
Anaïs Nin (1903–1977) writer of novels, short stories, and erotica
Source: The Diary of Anaïs Nin, Vol. 1: 1931-1934
“Like prisoners escaped during night from their prison,
The waters fling gaily their spray to the sun;
Who can tell me from whence that glad river has risen?
Who can say whence it springs in its beauty?—not one.”
The Minstrel’s Monitor from Literary Souvenir, 1827
The Vow of the Peacock (1835)
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