Book

Henry and June

Anaïs Nin · 1986

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What this book knows

Desire rewrites the self: Nin's diary shows erotic life as the crucible where identity, lies, and creative power fuse.

Sex: Primary
Work: Present
Learning: Present
Religion: Absent

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I see myself wrapped in lies, which do not seem to penetrate my soul, as if they are not really a part of me. They are like costumes.
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I look out of a savage self. Henry approaches, dazed, and does not recognize me until he comes very near and I smile.
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desire

I want to melt into you, to be so terribly close to you that my own self disappears.
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Only when I am in his arms does everything seem right. After an hour with him I could go on with my day.
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self-and-identity

I feel my past like an unbearable weight on me, like a curse, the source of every movement I make, every word I utter.
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I gave him the one thing June cannot give him: honesty. I am so ready to admit what a supremely developed ego would not admit.
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