All Djuna Barnes Quotes
- This head has risen above its hair in a moment of abandon known only to men who have drawn their feet out of their boots… Abandon
- What is a ruin but time easing itself of endurance? Easing
- The priceless galaxy of misinformation called the mind. Called
- After all, it is not where one washes one's neck that counts but where one moistens one's throat. All
- An image is a stop the mind makes between uncertainties. Image
- Well, isn't Bohemia a place where everyone is as good as everyone else - and must not a waiter be a little less than a… Bohemia
- The very condition of Woman is so subject to Hazard, so complex, and so grievous, that to place her at one moment is but to… Complex
- God,' she cried, 'what is love? Man seeking his own head? The human head, so rented by misery that even the teeth weigh! She couldn't… Accident
- You beat the liver out of a goose to get a pâté; you pound the muscles of a man's cardia to get a philosopher. Beat
- I talk too much because I have been made so miserable by what you are keeping hushed. Been
- God, children know something they can't tell; they like Red Riding Hood and the wolf in bed! Bed
- For most people, life is nasty, brutish, and short; for me, it has simply been nasty and brutish. Been
- There's something evil in me that loves evil and degradation--purity's black backside! That loves honesty with a horrid love; or why have I always gone… Always Gone
- She was nervous about the future; it made her indelicate. She was one of the most unimportantly wicked women of her time --because she could… Action
- A man is whole only when he takes into account his shadow. Account
- I like my human experience served up with a little silence and restraint. Silence makes experience go further and, when it does die, gives it… Common
- The unendurable is the beginning of the curve of joy. Beginning
- Our bones ache only while the flesh is on them. Ache
- Even the contemplative life is only an effort, Nora my dear, to hide the body so the feet won’t stick out. Body
- Matthew,' she said, 'have you ever loved someone and it became yourself?' For a moment he did not answer. Taking up the decanter he held… Another Love
- I have been loved,' she said, 'by something strange, and it has forgotten me. Been
- To think is to be sick... Inspirational
- Life is painful, nasty and short.. in my case it has only been painful and nasty. Bad Day
- None of us suffers as much as we should, or loves as much as we say. Love is the first lie; wisdom the last. Breakup
- A strong sense of identity gives man an idea he can do no wrong; too little accomplishes the same. Accomplishes