Suffering for love is how I have learned practically everything I know, love of grandmother up and on. - Djuna Barnes

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Any man can look upon the head in death, but no man can look upon the feet.

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Nightwood · September 26, 2006 Verified in 1 source Sign up to see the complete provenance

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Nightwood is demanding. You can slide into it, because the prose has a narcotic quality, but you can’t slide over it. The language is not about conveying information; it is about conveying meaning.

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How cruel is reason! How sharper than a serpent’s tooth is meditation! How subtle is the lack of reason!

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The Lydia Steptoe Stories · January 3, 2019 Verified in 1 source Sign up to see the complete provenance

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