Barnes

Famous quotes containing the word barnes:

“We are beginning to wonder whether a servant girl hasn’t the best of it after all. She knows how the salad tastes without the dressing, and she knows how life’s lived before it gets to the parlor door.”
—Djuna Barnes (1892–1982)

“The heart of the jealous knows the best and most satisfying love, that of the other’s bed, where the rival perfects the lover’s imperfections.”
—Djuna Barnes (1892–1982)

“The night is a skin pulled over the head of day that the day may be in torment.”
—Djuna Barnes (1892–1982)