Abdullah

“cunt. I read once that the most powerful kind of reinforcement is occasional. It was in fact a dog-training book and it’s the closest thing to the truth I know. It’s the law. If you want your dog to act like a beggar, feed her from the table once in a while. Feed her maybe the day you bring her home and not again until she is ten and then twice a week.”
― Eileen Myles, Inferno

“I can tell now about the breathing exercises, which at first caused anxiety, sobbing and pain, but which brought release, warmth and sensuality afterwards. There is confusion between femininity and masochism, a real split. The only release I had was sensual, and since it was the only release, I over-emphasized it and became a nymphomaniac.”
― Anaïs Nin, Mirages: The Unexpurgated Diary of Anais Nin

“I remember finding him very attractive at the time; though any man who pays attention to you, at that age, can transform from frog to prince in the time it takes to tell you he likes your hair.”
― Eliza Clark, Boy Parts

“When I awakened at dawn, I had a moment of repulsion, of shame. When my feelings aren’t touched, I feel shame, as man does with the whore.”
― Anaïs Nin, Mirages: The Unexpurgated Diary of Anais Nin