Quotes from book
Under a Glass Bell

Under a Glass Bell

Under a Glass Bell, originally published in 1944 and subsequently published with several more editions, was the first book by Anaïs Nin to gain attention from the literary establishment. It was published by Nin's own printing press, which she named Gemor Press.The book is a collection of short stories, with topics ranging from diary keeping , to life in Paris , to a late-term abortion .


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“You are the poet, you walk inside my dreams…”

Anaïs Nin book Under a Glass Bell

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“I love your silences, they are like mine.”

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"Je suis le plus malade des Surrealistes"
Source: Under a Glass Bell (1944)
Context: I love your silences, they are like mine. You are the only being before whom I am not distressed by my own silences. You have a vehement silence, one feels it is charged with essences, it is a strangely alive silence, like a trap open over a well, from which one can hear the secret murmur of the earth itself.

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“I am the one who has felt most deeply the stuttering of the tongue in its relation to thought.”

Anaïs Nin book Under a Glass Bell

"Je suis le plus malade des Surrealistes"
Under a Glass Bell (1944)

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