Djuna Barnes Zitate und Sprüche
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“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)
“A strong sense of identity gives man an idea he can do no wrong; too little accomplishes the same.”
Djuna Barnes buch Nightwood
Quelle: 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 buch Nightwood
Quelle: Nightwood (1936), Ch. 7 : Go Down, Matthew
“Dreams have only the pigmentation of fact.”
Djuna Barnes buch Nightwood
Quelle: 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 buch Nightwood
Quelle: Nightwood (1936), Ch. 5 : Watchman, What of the Night?
