Sex loses all its power and magic when it becomes explicit, mechanical, overdone, when it becomes a mechanistic obsession. It becomes a bore.

Anaïs Nin

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Topic

Sex

Author

Anaïs Nin

Source

Journals of Anaïs Nin

Medium

Personal journal

Language

English

Time

1941 1940s 20th century

Occupation

Writer

From

France Europe

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Citation

Nin, Anaïs. "December, 1941." The Diary of Anaïs Nin, vol. 3, 1939-1944, edited by Gunther Stuhlmann. Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, Inc., 1969.

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Source
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Genre
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Language
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Time
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Era
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Authentication Score 1
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Current Citation

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And were an epitaph to be my story
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Topic
Man and the world

Author

Robert Frost
Source
The Lesson for Today
Medium
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Language
English
Time
1941 1940s 20th century
Authentication Score 3
Citation

Frost, Robert. Reading of The Lesson for Today at Harvard University. 20 June 1941, Phi Beta Kappa Society meeting, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, USA.