"Adolescence is like cactus."
"The leaf fall of his words, the stained glass hues of his moods, the rust in his voice, the smoke in his mouth, his breath on my vision like human breath blinding a mirror."
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Source: The Novel of the Future. Book by Anais Nin, 1969.
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