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“Give me a few days of peace in your arms.”

“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

“The role of a writer is not to say what we can all say, but what we are unable to say.”

— Anais Nin

“I adore the struggle you carry in yourself. I adore your terrifying sincerity.”

― Anaïs Nin