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Djuna Barnes Quotes

If Helen of Troy could have been seen eating peppermints out of a paper bag, it is highly probable that her admirers would have been an entirely different class.It is the thing you are found doing while the horde looks on that you shall be loved for - or ignored Picture Quote #1

After all, it is not where one washes one’s neck that counts but where one moistens one’s throat Picture Quote #1

I’ve seen death and I didn’t like it Picture Quote #1

None of us suffers as much as we should, or loves as much as we say. Love is the first lie; wisdom the last Picture Quote #1

Destiny and history are untidy Picture Quote #1

To think is to be sick Picture Quote #1

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Our bones ache only while the flesh is on them Picture Quote #1

And must I, perchance, like careful writers, guard myself against the conclusions of my readers? Picture Quote #1

The unendurable is the beginning of the curve of joy Picture Quote #1

An image is a stop the mind makes between uncertainties Picture Quote #1

A man is whole only when he takes into account his shadow Picture Quote #1

The priceless galaxy of misinformation called the mind Picture Quote #1

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To love without criticism is to be betrayed Picture Quote #1

We are adhering to life now with our last muscle - the heart Picture Quote #1

Life, the permission to know death Picture Quote #1

What is a ruin but time easing itself of endurance? Picture Quote #1

There is always more surface to a shattered object than a whole Picture Quote #1

I'm a fart in a gale of wind, a humble violet, under a cow pat Picture Quote #1

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One's life is peculiar to one's own when one has invented it Picture Quote #1

Only the impossible lasts forever Picture Quote #1

We are but skin about a wind, with muscles clenched against mortality Picture Quote #1

Love is the first lie; wisdom the last Picture Quote #1

Man is the only thing that has no further use after something goes amiss Picture Quote #1

I can draw and write, and you’d be foolish not to hire me Picture Quote #1

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Certainty always produces questions, uncertainty statements. It is a balancing law of nature Picture Quote #1

Our bones ache only while the flesh is on them. Stretch it as thin as the temple flesh of an ailing woman and still it serves to ache the bone and to move the bone about; and in like manner the night is a skin pulled over the head of day that the day may be in a torment. We will find no comfort until the night melts away; until the fury of the night rots out its fire Picture Quote #1

If Helen of Troy could have been seen eating peppermints out of a paper bag, it is highly probable that her admirers would have been an entirely different class. It is the thing you are found doing while the horde looks on that you shall be loved for - or ignored Picture Quote #1

One cup poured into another makes different waters; tears shed by one eye would blind if wept into another’s eye. The breast we strike in joy is not the breast we strike in pain; any man’s smile would be consternation on another’s mouth Picture Quote #1

I couldn’t ever boil potatoes over the heat of your affection. Your love would never bridge a gap; it wouldn’t even fill up the hole that the mice came through Picture Quote #1

Life is not to be told, call it as loud as you like, it will not tell itself Picture Quote #1

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If Helen of Troy could have been seen eating peppermints out of a paper bag, it is highly probable that her admirers would have been an entirely different class.It is the thing you are found doing while the horde looks on that you shall be loved for - or ignored. (Djuna Barnes Quotes) After all, it is not where one washes one’s neck that counts but where one moistens one’s throat. (Djuna Barnes Quotes) I’ve seen death and I didn’t like it (Djuna Barnes Quotes) None of us suffers as much as we should, or loves as much as we say. Love is the first lie; wisdom the last (Djuna Barnes Quotes) Destiny and history are untidy (Djuna Barnes Quotes) To think is to be sick (Djuna Barnes Quotes) Our bones ache only while the flesh is on them (Djuna Barnes Quotes) And must I, perchance, like careful writers, guard myself against the conclusions of my readers? (Djuna Barnes Quotes) The unendurable is the beginning of the curve of joy (Djuna Barnes Quotes) An image is a stop the mind makes between uncertainties (Djuna Barnes Quotes) A man is whole only when he takes into account his shadow (Djuna Barnes Quotes) The priceless galaxy of misinformation called the mind (Djuna Barnes Quotes) To love without criticism is to be betrayed (Djuna Barnes Quotes) We are adhering to life now with our last muscle - the heart (Djuna Barnes Quotes) Life, the permission to know death (Djuna Barnes Quotes) What is a ruin but time easing itself of endurance? (Djuna Barnes Quotes) There is always more surface to a shattered object than a whole (Djuna Barnes Quotes) I'm a fart in a gale of wind, a humble violet, under a cow pat (Djuna Barnes Quotes) One's life is peculiar to one's own when one has invented it (Djuna Barnes Quotes) Only the impossible lasts forever (Djuna Barnes Quotes) We are but skin about a wind, with muscles clenched against mortality (Djuna Barnes Quotes) Love is the first lie; wisdom the last (Djuna Barnes Quotes) Man is the only thing that has no further use after something goes amiss (Djuna Barnes Quotes) I can draw and write, and you’d be foolish not to hire me (Djuna Barnes Quotes) Certainty always produces questions, uncertainty statements. It is a balancing law of nature (Djuna Barnes Quotes) Our bones ache only while the flesh is on them. Stretch it as thin as the temple flesh of an ailing woman and still it serves to ache the bone and to move the bone about; and in like manner the night is a skin pulled over the head of day that the day may be in a torment. We will find no comfort until the night melts away; until the fury of the night rots out its fire (Djuna Barnes Quotes) If Helen of Troy could have been seen eating peppermints out of a paper bag, it is highly probable that her admirers would have been an entirely different class. It is the thing you are found doing while the horde looks on that you shall be loved for - or ignored (Djuna Barnes Quotes) One cup poured into another makes different waters; tears shed by one eye would blind if wept into another’s eye. The breast we strike in joy is not the breast we strike in pain; any man’s smile would be consternation on another’s mouth (Djuna Barnes Quotes) I couldn’t ever boil potatoes over the heat of your affection. Your love would never bridge a gap; it wouldn’t even fill up the hole that the mice came through (Djuna Barnes Quotes) Life is not to be told, call it as loud as you like, it will not tell itself (Djuna Barnes Quotes)

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