“And it is that which draws me to you, too, for you are the tropics, you have the sun in you, and the softness and the clarity...”
― The Four-Chambered Heart: V3 in Nin's Continuous Novel
― The Four-Chambered Heart: V3 in Nin's Continuous Novel
“To hell, to hell with balance! I break glasses; I want to burn, even if I break myself. I want to live only for ecstasy. I’m neurotic, perverted, destructive, fiery, dangerous - lava, inflammable, unrestrained.”
―
―
“In this instant of danger they realized they were each other's reason for living, and into this instant they threw their whole being.”
― The Four-Chambered Heart: V3 in Nin's Continuous Novel
― The Four-Chambered Heart: V3 in Nin's Continuous Novel
“You do not know what you are missing by your microscopic examination of sexual activity to the exclusion of aspects which are fuel that ignites it. Intellectual, imaginative, romantic, emotional. This is what gives sex its surprising textures, its subtle transformations, its aphrodisiac elements. You are shrinking your world of sensations. You are withering it, starving it, draining its blood.”
―
―
Mike’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Mike’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
More friends…
Favorite Genres
Polls voted on by Mike
Lists liked by Mike
























