"There are very few human beings who receive the truth, complete and staggering, by instant illumination. Most of them acquire it fragment by fragment, on a small scale, by successive developments, cellularly, like a laborious mosaic. "

Anais Nin
-How many girl-friends did you have before 1952?
-Oh plenty...so many...
-How many friends did you have after 1952?
-None...

In fact I only had five if I watch the photo, and surely the older ones were not very interested in my little self, but I had girl friends and I wasn't the eldest...

-How old were you when you left your village ?
-About nine or ten...

In fact I was only six, but I suddenly felt so old...

-How many brothers and sisters did you have?
-Several, and I remember with my best friend, teaching the little one to walk...


In fact I had four, but I didn't know I was the eldest...and I hated being the eldest...