“Give me a few days of peace in your arms. I need it terribly. I’m ragged, worn, exhausted. After that I can face the world.”

— Henry Miller, in a letter to Anais Nin, featured in A Literate Passion: Letters of Anais Nin & Henry Miller, 1932-1953

Source for both quote and artwork: Byron’s Muse on WordPress

“The Embrace” (“Umarmung,”) Wilhelm List, circa 1905