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Devouring Quote by Anais Nin

“With her eyes alone she could give this response, this…” quote by Anais Nin — Download Open image

“With her eyes alone she could give this response, this absolutely erotic response, as if febrile waves were trembling there, pools of madness... something devouring that could lick a man all over like a flame, annihilate him, with a pleasure never known before.”

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