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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

“If Helen of Troy could have been seen eating peppermints out of a paper bag, it is highly probable that her admirers would have been an entirely different class.It is the thing you are found doing while the horde looks on that you shall be loved for - or ignored.”

Ifs Looks Has Beens Different Found Class Paper Eating Bags Ignored Could Have Been Admirer Helen Horde Paper Bags Peppermint Helen Of Troy

Book:Collected Stories

Source: Collected Stories

“No man needs curing of his individual sickness; his universal malady is what he should look to.”

Men Needs Should Looks Individual Universal Illness Sickness Malady

Book:Nightwood

Source: Nightwood

“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”

Should Wells Looks Done Doubt Misery Alchemy Gorges Doubting Everything

Book:Nightwood

Source: Nightwood

“One must not look inward too much, while the inside is yet tender. I do not wish to frighten myself until I can stand it.”

Looks I Can Wish Too Much Conformity Inward Non Conformity

Book:Vivid and Repulsive as the Truth: The Early Works of Djuna Barnes

Source: Vivid and Repulsive as the Truth: The Early Works of Djuna Barnes

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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