“Ali Baba protects the lovers! Gives them the luck of bandits, and no guilt, for love fills certain people and expands them beyond all laws; there is no time, no place for regrets, hesitations, cowardices. Love runs free and reckless, and all the gentle trickeries perpetrated to protect others from its burns-those who are not the lovers but who might be the victims of this love's expansion.”

French-born American diarist and writer

Anaïs Nin was a French-born American diarist, essayist, novelist, and writer of short stories and erotica. Born to Cuban parents in France, she later became an established author in the United States. She spent her early years in Spain and Cuba, then lived in Paris for about sixteen years before settling in the United States for the second half of her life. Her work is centered on diaries, fiction, and erotic writing, and she is known for moving between personal reflection and literary experimentation.