--- title: "Meaning & Key Takeaway of: Nini was looking at her face, so pure, so…" description: "\"“Nini was looking at her face, so pure, so innocent, and so angelic. He was wondering about the man that she thought he was. He wanted so much to be th..." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/954/stevan-v-nikolic-26356_dreams_nini-was-looking-at-her-face-so-pure-so_1107935.jpg" --- # Nini was looking at her face, so pure, so innocent, and so… ![“Nini was looking at her face, so pure, so innocent, and so angelic. He was wondering about the man that she thought he was. He wanted so much to be that man. He felt like he never wanted to leave her dream.” quote by Stevan V. Nikolic](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/954/stevan-v-nikolic-26356_dreams_nini-was-looking-at-her-face-so-pure-so_1107935.jpg) [Download](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/954/stevan-v-nikolic-26356_dreams_nini-was-looking-at-her-face-so-pure-so_1107935.jpg) [Open image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/954/stevan-v-nikolic-26356_dreams_nini-was-looking-at-her-face-so-pure-so_1107935.jpg) > ““Nini was looking at her face, so pure, so innocent, and so angelic. He was wondering about the man that she thought he was. He wanted so much to be that man. He felt like he never wanted to leave her dream.”” [Stevan V. Nikolic](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stevan-v-nikolic/) ## About This Quote This interpretation was drafted with AI assistance. It is one reading of the quote, not the author's own explanation. A man admires a woman's purity and longs to become the ideal partner she envisions, blurring reality and dream. **In simple terms:** He wants to become the man she imagines. 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