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Djuna Barnes, an American writer, was born on June 12, 1892, and died on June 18, 1982. She is known for her unique literary style and profound modernist thoughts.

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Famous Djuna Barnes Quotes

“I tell you, Madame, if one gave birth to a heart on a plate, it would say 'Love' and twitch like the lopped leg of a frog.”

Love Heart Frog

Book:Nightwood

Source: Nightwood

“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.”

Knows Heart Lovers Bed Jealous Imperfection Satisfying Rivals Jealousy Envy Jealousy And Envy Love Jealousy Love And Jealousy Friend Jealousy Jealous Love

Book:Nightwood

Source: Nightwood

“We are adhering to life now with our last muscle - the heart.”

Heart Lasts Muscles

Book:Nightwood

Source: Nightwood

“Love becomes the deposit of the heart, analogous in all degrees to the 'findings' in a tomb. As in one will be charted the taken place of the body, the raiment, the utensils necessary to its other life, so in the heart of the lover will be traced, as an indelible shadow, that which he loves.”

Heart Body Love Is Taken Lovers Degrees Findings Shadow Tombs Deposits Indelible Utensils

Book:Nightwood

Source: Nightwood

About the Author

Born: June 12, 1892
Died: June 18, 1982
Known for: Writer
Quotes: 107

Books & Sources

NightwoodRelated source material

Vivid and Repulsive as the Truth: The Early Works of Djuna BarnesRelated source material

Nightwood: The Original Version and Related DraftsRelated source material

Collected StoriesRelated source material

New YorkRelated source material

Collected Poems: With Notes Toward the MemoirsRelated source material

Ladies Almanack: Showing Their Signs and Their Tides, Their Moons and Their Changes, the Seasons as it is with Them, Their Eclipses and Equinoxes, as Well as a Full Record of Diurnal and Nocturnal DistempersRelated source material

The Book of Repulsive Women and Other PoemsRelated source material

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