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"He tenderly embraces the girl's body, and she is nestled motionless in his arms.


What does this nestling mean?


It means that she is abandoning herself to him; she is settled in his arms and she wants to stay there.


But this abandonment is not an overture! She is nestled in his arms, closed, locked up; her hunched shoulders guard her breasts, her head is turned away from his face and leans on his chest; she is staring into the darkness of his sweater. She is settled in his arms, sealed up so that he hides her in his embrace as in a steel safe."

Milan Kundera, Life is Elsewhere. His man is an artist, I need to collect all his books.