This book's like black holes. It really engulfes you whole.
The monster I kill every day is the monster of realism. The monster who attacks me every day is destruction. Out of the duel comes the transformation. I turn destruction into creation over and over again.
Henry and June: From "A Journal of Love"--The Unexpurgated Diary of Anaïs Nin
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The monster I kill every day is the monster of realism. The monster who attacks me every day is destruction. Out of the duel comes the transformation. I turn destruction into creation over and over again.
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