“The final lesson a writer learns is that everything can nourish the writer.”

— Anaïs Nin

As quoted in French Writers of the Past (2000) by Carol A. Dingle, p. 126
Context: The final lesson a writer learns is that everything can nourish the writer. The dictionary, a new word, a voyage, an encounter, a talk on the street, a book, a phrase learned.

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

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