“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.”
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. more
“Man is the only thing that has no further use after something goes amiss.”
“Implements of war and subjugation are the last arguments to which kings resort.”
“I am living in the Africa I have always longed for, always felt stirring in my blood.”