Ordinary life does not interest me. I seek only the high moments. I am in accord with the surrealists, searching for the marvelous. (Anaïs Nin)

Ordinary life does not interest me. I seek only the high moments. I am in accord with the surrealists, searching for the marvelous.

Anaïs Nin

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