I gathered poets around me and we all wrote beautiful erotica. As we w…

Anais Nin
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I gathered poets around me and we all wrote beautiful erotica. As we were condemned to focus only on sensuality, we had violent explosions of poetry. Writing erotica became a road to sainthood rather than to debauchery. ✨ Anais Nin (1977). DELTA OF VENUS EROTICA
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I gathered poets around me and we all wrote beautiful erotica. As we were condemned to focus only on sensuality, we had violent explosions of poetry. Writing erotica became a road to sainthood rather than to debauchery. ✨ Anais Nin (1977). DELTA OF VENUS EROTICA

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