Creative Quotations from . . .
Djuna Barnes
(1892-1982) born on Jun 12
US "novelist, poet, illustrator, dramatist". "She was critically acclaimed, though not widely read, for her short stories and one-act plays, many of which she illustrated, e.g. "Nightwood," 1936."
 
   
F
New York is the meeting place of the peoples, the only city where you can hardly find a typical American."

R
A strong sense of identity gives man an idea he can do no wrong; too little accomplishes the same.
A
She wanted to be the reason for everything and so she was the cause of nothing.
N
"Time is a great conference planning our end, and youth is only the past putting a leg forward."
K
"I'm a fart in a gale of wind, a humble violet, under a cow pat."


Published Sources for the above Quotations:
F: ""Greenwich Village As It Is," in "Pearson's Magazine," Oct 1916; repr. in "Djuna Barnes's New York," 1989."
R: ""Nightwood," 1937."
A: ""Nightwood," 1937."
N: "In "The Speaker's Electronic Reference Collection," AApex Software, 1994."
K: "Doctor, in "Nightwood," ch. 5, 1936."



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