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Djuna Barnes Quotes: Yes, we who are full to the gorge with misery should look well around, doubting everything seen, done, spoken, precisely because we have a word for it, and not its alchemy
         

Yes, we who are full to the gorge with misery should look well around, doubting everything seen, done, spoken, precisely because we have a word for it, and not its alchemy


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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.



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.

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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And just look at these men: their eye saith it - they know nothing better on earth than to be with a woman.Filth is at the bottom of their souls



Days feels like years when you're alone.

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Very simple ideas lie within the reach only of complex minds. Remy de Gourmont An idea is salvation by imagination.



I have a hard time thinking of men trying to sing my songs, because I think my perspective is definitely feminine.

I have a hard time thinking of men trying to sing my songs, because I think my perspective is definitely feminine.



If I started worrying about how my constituents are going to react to every move I make, I wouldn't be able to do my job here. I'll do what I think is right and explain it later.

If I started worrying about how my constituents are going to react to every move I make, I wouldn't be able to do my job here. I'll do what I think is right and explain it later.



Men are generally right in what they affirm and wrong in what they deny. What we deny is generally something that lies outside our experience, and about which we can therefore say nothing.

Men are generally right in what they affirm and wrong in what they deny. What we deny is generally something that lies outside our experience, and about which we can therefore say nothing.



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Have you ever seen people so ugly that you have to get someone else to verify it?



One of the more serious temptations which stifles boldness and zeal is a defeatism, which turns us into querulous and disillusioned pessimists, sourpusses.

One of the more serious temptations which stifles boldness and zeal is a defeatism, which turns us into querulous and disillusioned pessimists, sourpusses.



Dear Jacob, I win. Sincerely, Edward

Dear Jacob, I win. Sincerely, Edward




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