Seduction Of The Minotaur Quotes

“Djuna concerned only with the longitude, and latitude and altitude of human beings in relation to each other.”
― Anaïs Nin, Seduction of the Minotaur

“Such obsession with reaching the moon, because they had failed to reach each other, each a solitary planet! In silence, in mystery, a human being was formed, was exploded, was struck by other passing bodies, was burned, was deserted. And then it was born in the molten love of the one who cared.”
― Anaïs Nin, Seduction of the Minotaur

“The skins matched all the tones of chocolate, coffee and wood. There were many white suits and dresses, and many of those flowered dresses which in the realm of printed dresses stand in the same relation as the old paintings of flowers and fruit done by maiden aunts to a Matisse, or a Braque.”
― Anaïs Nin, Seduction of the Minotaur

“Fred was afraid of the night, afraid his body would slip away from him, dissolve in that purple velvet with diamond eyes, the tropical night. The tropical night did not lie inert, like a painted movie backdrop, but was filled with whisperings, and seemed to have arms like the foliage.
Beauty was a drug. The small beach shone like mercury at their feet.”
― Anaïs Nin, Seduction of the Minotaur