Anais Nin Quotes


I had a feeling that Pandora's box contained the mysteries of woman's sensuality, so different from a man's and for which man's language was so inadequate. The language of sex had yet to be invented. The language of the senses was yet to be explored.


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Nin, Anaïs. The Diary of Anaïs Nin, Vol. 3: 1939-1944. Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1969.

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Anais Nin
Anais Nin
  • Born: February 21, 1903
  • Died: January 14, 1977
  • Nationality: Cuban American
  • Profession: Author

Angela Anaïs Juana Antolina Rosa Edelmira Nin y Culmell, known professionally as Anaïs Nin (/ænə.iːs niːn/; French: [ana.is nin]), was a French-Cuban-American diarist, essayist, novelist and writer of short stories and erotica. Born to Cuban parents in France, Nin was the daughter of composer Joaquín Nin and Rosa Culmell, a classically trained singer. Nin spent her early years in Spain and Cuba, about sixteen years in Paris (1924–1940), and the remaining half of her life in the United States, where she became an established author.