Djuna Barnes Quotes & Sayings

“The priceless galaxy of misinformation called the mind.”

“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.”

“Life is painful, nasty and short... in my case it has only been painful and nasty.”

“To love without criticism is to be betrayed.”

“What is a ruin but time easing itself of endurance?”

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

“The night is a skin pulled over the head of day that the day may be in torment.”

“Well, isn't Bohemia a place where everyone is as good as everyone else - and must not a waiter be a little less than a waiter to be a good Bohemian?”

“We are beginning to wonder whether a servant girl hasn't the best of it after all. She knows how the salad tastes without the dressing, and she knows how life's lived before it gets to the parlor door.”

“A strong sense of identity gives man an idea he can do no wrong; too little accomplishes the same.”