Barnes

Famous quotes containing the word barnes:

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

“After all, it is not where one washes one’s neck that counts but where one moistens one’s throat.”
—Djuna Barnes (1892–1982)

“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)