Lakisha Simpson

“How can I accept a limited definable self when I feel, in me, all possibilities?... I never feel the four walls around the substance of the self, the core. I feel only space. Illimitable space.”
― Anaïs Nin, The Diary of Anaïs Nin, Vol. 1: 1931-1934

“At night too, she puzzled the mystery of her desperate need of kindness. As other girls prayed for handsomeness in a lover, or for wealth, or for power, or for poetry, she had prayed fervently: let him be kind.”
― Anaïs Nin, A Spy in the House of Love

“He had not touched me. He did not need to. His presence had affected me in such a way that I felt as if he had caressed me for a long time.”
― Anaïs Nin, Delta of Venus

“All I wanted was humor and wisdom.”
― Anaïs Nin, The Diary of Anais Nin Volume 1 1931-1934