Abdullah

“I can only make notes. With Staff, it is my idealization of myself and others. Behind my masochism lies sadism. Behind my indirectness does not lie femininity, but a crippled, fearful self who does not dare. Behind my idealizations lie a primitive woman, indirect uses of power, subtle forms of destructiveness, this hunger.”
― Anaïs Nin, Mirages: The Unexpurgated Diary of Anais Nin

“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

“In the land of the borderline autistic, the man who can make eye contact is king.”
― 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