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Life, the permission to know death.


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A man is whole only when he takes into account his shadow.

A man is whole only when he takes into account his shadow.



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I am not a critic; to me criticism is so often nothing more than the eye garrulously denouncing the shape of the peephole that gives access to hidden treasure.



Time is a great conference planning our end, and youth is only the past putting a leg forward.

Time is a great conference planning our end, and youth is only the past putting a leg forward.



I talk too much because I have been made so miserable by what you are keeping hushed.

I talk too much because I have been made so miserable by what you are keeping hushed.



The unendurable is the beginning of the curve of joy.

The unendurable is the beginning of the curve of joy.



The priceless galaxy of misinformation called the mind.

The priceless galaxy of misinformation called the mind.



Our bones ache only while the flesh is on them.

Our bones ache only while the flesh is on them.



New York is the meeting place of the peoples, the only city where you can hardly find a typical American.

New York is the meeting place of the peoples, the only city where you can hardly find a typical American.



The heart of the jealous knows the best and most satisfying love, that of the other's bed, where the rival perfects the lover's imperfections.

The heart of the jealous knows the best and most satisfying love, that of the other's bed, where the rival perfects the lover's imperfections.



I have been loved,' she said, 'by something strange, and it has forgotten me.

I have been loved,' she said, 'by something strange, and it has forgotten me.





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I felt as if I were riding a pendulum. Just as I would swing into the abyss of hopelessness, the pendulum would swing back with some small goodness.



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How do I know the past is not a fiction conceived to reconcile the difference between my state of mind and the present.



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It is not the lowest priced goods that are always the cheapest - the quality is, or ought to be as much an object with the purchaser, as the price.



A great nation cannot abandon its responsibilities. Responsibilities abandoned today return as more acute crises tomorrow.

A great nation cannot abandon its responsibilities. Responsibilities abandoned today return as more acute crises tomorrow.



Limits the Romans' anxieties to two things - bread and games.

Limits the Romans' anxieties to two things - bread and games.



The courtroom is a quiet place, Judge Roberts, where you park your political ideology, and you call the balls and you call the strikes.

The courtroom is a quiet place, Judge Roberts, where you park your political ideology, and you call the balls and you call the strikes.



We can't expect everybody to be there for us, all at once. So it's a lucky thing that really, all you need is someone.

We can't expect everybody to be there for us, all at once. So it's a lucky thing that really, all you need is someone.



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This page presents the quote "Life, the permission to know death.". Author of this quote is Djuna Barnes. This quote is about death, permission, aging, knows, life,.