Quote by: Anais Nin

I do not want to be the leader. I refuse to be the leader. I want to live darkly and richly in my femaleness. I want a man lying over me, always over me. His will, his pleasure, his desire, his life, his work, his sexuality the touchstone, the command, my pivot. I don’t mind working, holding my ground intellectually, artistically; but as a woman, oh, God, as a woman I want to be dominated. I don’t mind being told to stand on my own feet, not to cling, be all that I am capable of doing, but I am going to be pursued, fucked, possessed by the will of a male at his time, his bidding.


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Author Bio


  • NameAnais Nin
  • DescriptionWriter of novels, short stories, and erotica
  • AliasesAngela Anaïs Juana Antolina Rosa Edelmira Nin y Culmell
  • BornFebruary 21, 1903
  • DiedJanuary 14, 1977
  • CountryUnited States Of America
  • ProfessionWriter; Autobiographer