This great handsomeness I took into myself later when he desired me, but I took it as one breathes air, or swallows a snowflake, or yields to the sun.
Anais NinAbout author
- Author's profession: Author
- Nationality: american
- Born: February 21, 1903
- Died: January 14, 1977
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