No man really wants his freedom. He gets a habit as quickly… - Djuna Barnes

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No man really wants his freedom. He gets a habit as quickly as possible — it is a form of immortality

Djuna Barnes

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Djuna Barnes (June 12, 1892 – June 18, 1982) was an American novelist, poet, and playwright.

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Alternative Names: Lydia Steptoe

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So the reason for our cleanliness becomes apparent; cleanliness is a form of apprehension; our faulty racial memory is fathered by fear. Destiny and history are untidy; we fear memory of that disorder.

After all, it is not where one washes one’s neck that counts but where one moistens one’s throat.

And must I, perchance, like careful writers, guard myself against the conclusions of my readers?

No man really wants his freedom. He gets a habit as quickly as possible — it is a form of immortality - Djuna Barnes

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