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
After all, it is not where one washes one's neck that counts but where one moistens one's throat."

R
Dreams have only the pigmentation of fact.
A
An image is a stop the mind makes between uncertainties.
N
"Life is painful, nasty and short . . . in my case it has only been painful and nasty."
K
To love without criticism is to be betrayed.
 
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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: "Doctor, in "Nightwood," ch. 5, 1936."
A: ""Nightwood," 1937."
N: "In "Life Is Painful, Nasty and Short..." by Hank O'Neal, 1991."
K: ""Nightwood," 1937."
   



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