Anaïs Nin – The poetry of sex

Anaïs Nin wrote a frustrated letter to a private client she was penning erotica for. He wanted her to “leave out the poetry” and “concentrate on the sex.” She chastised his “mechanistic obsession” in this response:

“The source of sexual power is curiosity, passion. You are watching its little flame die of asphyxiation. Sex does not thrive on monotony. Without feeling, inventions, moods, no surprises in bed. Sex must be mixed with tears, laughter, words, promises, scenes, jealousy, envy, all of the spices of fear, foreign travel, new faces, novels, stories, dreams, fantasies, music, dancing, opium, wine.”

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