a letter to Henry Miller in Paris from Louvciennes, France June 11 1932
Henry,
Things I forgot to tell you:
the quena is an instrument like a flute used by the South American Indians. It is made of human bones. It owes its origin to the worship of an Indian for his mistress. When she died he made a flute of one of her bones. It has a more penetrating, more haunting sound than the normal flute.
that I love you and that when I awake in the morning I use my intelligence to discover more ways of appreciating you
that when June comes back she will love you more because I have loved you. There are new leaves on the tip and climax of your overrich head.
that I love you
that I love you
that I love you
I have become an idiot like Gertrude Stein. that's what love does to intelligent women. They cannot write letters anymore.
-Anais