“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.”

- anais nin.