- Anais Nin's The Winter of Artifice, 2007 Sky Blue Press edition, ePUB file.
- I could not hear his words. His voice rumbled over the surface of my skin, like another caress. I had no power against his voice. It came straight from him into me. I could stuff my ears and still it would find its way into my blood and make it rise. / "I'm afraid of breaking you," he said. "I feel a little embarrassed with you. You seem so fragile." He covered me with his coat. "Only come to me again, come close to me, come close. I promise you it will be beautiful. I will never hurt you. I could never hurt you." / "But I don't care if you do," I said laughing. "I want you to always be yourself, and I know there is cruelty in you too. I want to grant you all the privileges; you can be undivided, artist and saint, hungry animal and clown." / "You urge me, you invite me to be myself, so blithely, so boldly, with a laugh even. You invite me to venture anything. I adore you for that."
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