The body is an instrument which only gives off music when it is used a…

Anais Nin
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The body is an instrument which only gives off music when it is used as a body. Always an orchestra, and just as music traverses walls, so sensuality traverses the body and reaches up to ecstasy. ✨ The Diary Of Anais Nin, Volume Two (1934-1939). Book by Anais Nin, 1970.
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The body is an instrument which only gives off music when it is used as a body. Always an orchestra, and just as music traverses walls, so sensuality traverses the body and reaches up to ecstasy. ✨ The Diary Of Anais Nin, Volume Two (1934-1939). Book by Anais Nin, 1970.

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