“After all, it is not where one washes one’s neck that counts but where one moistens one’s throat.”
Greenwich Village as It Is, in Pearson’s Magazine (October 1916)
Djuna Barnes: 39 citations0 J'aime
Djuna Barnes: Citations en anglais
“A strong sense of identity gives man an idea he can do no wrong; too little accomplishes the same.”
Djuna Barnes livre Nightwood
Source: Nightwood (1936), Ch. 7 : Go Down, Matthew
“Life is not to be told, call it as loud as you like, it will not tell itself.”
Djuna Barnes livre Nightwood
Source: Nightwood (1936), Ch. 7 : Go Down, Matthew
“Dreams have only the pigmentation of fact.”
Djuna Barnes livre Nightwood
Source: Nightwood (1936), Ch. 5 : Watchman, What of the Night?
From Third Avenue On
The Book of Repulsive Women (1915)
"The Songs of Synge: The Man Who Shaped His Life as He Shaped His Plays", in New York Morning Telegraph (18 February 1917)
Twilight of the Illicit
The Book of Repulsive Women (1915)
Djuna Barnes livre Nightwood
Source: Nightwood (1936), Ch. 5 : Watchman, What of the Night?
