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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

“Life is not to be told, call it as loud as you like, it will not tell itself. No one will be much or little except in someone else's mind, so be careful of the minds you get into, and remember Lady Macbeth, who had her mind in her hand. We can't all be as safe as that.”

Life Mind

Book:Nightwood

Source: Nightwood

“When one wants to become cognizant of the color and the texture of the soil, one does not get a ladder; one gets a shovel. When one wants to get into touch with the texture of the universal mind, one does not go to Boston; one goes to the Bowery.”

Want Mind Doe Color Universal Soil Ladders Boston Texture Shovels Cognizant

Book:New York

Source: New York

“My war brought me many things; let yours bring you as much. Life is not to be told, call it as loud as you like, it will not tell itself. No one will be much or little except in someone else's mind, so be careful of the minds you get into, and remember Lady Macbeth, who had her mind in her hand. We can't all be as safe as that.”

Mind Littles War Hands Remember Life Is Safe Careful Loud Be Careful You Like It Lady Macbeth

Book:Nightwood

Source: Nightwood

“No one will be much or little except in someone else's mind, so be careful of the minds you get into.”

Mind Littles Careful Be Careful

Book:Nightwood

Source: Nightwood

“This head has risen above its hair in a moment of abandon known only to men who have drawn their feet out of their boots to walk awhile in the corridors of the mind.”

Men Mind Moments Walks Known Feet Hair Abandon Boots Risen Corridors Gnarly

Book:Collected Stories

Source: Collected Stories

“The priceless galaxy of misinformation called the mind.”

Mind Galaxy Priceless Misinformation

Book:Nightwood

Source: Nightwood

“An image is a stop the mind makes between uncertainties.”

Mind Uncertainty

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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