I am not a critic; to me criticism is so often nothing more than the eye garrulously denouncing the shape of the peephole that gives access to hidden treasure.
Djuna Barnes
A strong sense of identity gives man an idea he can do no wrong; too little accomplishes the same.
Djuna Barnes
A strong sense of identity gives man an idea he can do no wrong; too little accomplishes the same.
Djuna Barnes
A man is whole only when he takes into account his shadow as well as himself and what is a man's shadow but his upright astonishment?
Djuna Barnes
In the acceptance of depravity the sense of the past is most truly captured. What is a ruin but time easing itself of endurance? Corruption is the Age of Time.
Djuna Barnes