Djuna Barnes Quotes

A collection of quotes by Djuna Barnes.

Djuna Barnes was an American writer and artist born on June 12, 1892. She is best known for her experimental modernist novel "Nightwood" published in 1936, which explores themes of love, sexuality, and identity. Barnes also worked as a journalist and illustrator, contributing to various magazines and newspapers. Her writings often challenged societal norms and conventions, and she is considered a key figure in early 20th-century women's literature. Djuna Barnes passed away on June 18, 1982, leaving behind a significant literary legacy.

Dreams have only the pigmentation of fact.

Dreams have only the pigmentation of fact.

Dreams

Sleep demands of us a guilty immunity. There is not one of u

Sleep demands of us a guilty immunity. There is not one of us who, given an eternal incognito, a thumbprint nowhere set against our souls, would not commit rape, murder and all abominations.

Sleep

We are beginning to wonder whether a servant girl hasn't the

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.

Service

The heart of the jealous knows the best and most satisfying

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.

Envy / Jealousy

The night is a skin pulled over the head of day that the day

The night is a skin pulled over the head of day that the day may be in torment.

Night