Djuna Barnes
Born: 01-01-1892
Djuna Barnes was an influential American writer and artist, born in 1892. Known for her avant-garde style and exploration of gender and sexuality, Barnes gained prominence with her novel "Nightwood," a landmark of modernist literature. Her work often delves into themes of identity and alienation. A key figure in the 1920s Parisian literary scene, Barnes's legacy continues to resonate within LGBTQ and feminist literary circles.
Book summaries for books written by Djuna Barnes
Quotes
The whole book of love is but a single sentence.
There is a land that cannot be visited by memory.
The night is very big, and the city too.
Humanity is just an abyss in a face called love.
Love is not only a catastrophe, it is also a concatenation.
The world is secretly full of people trying to be Beyonce.
The mirror cannot lie, it knows only how to be a mirror.
A heartache that doesn't sleep.
What we love calls for us incessantly.
To live is to be faithless to our childhood.
Why am I me and not anyone else?
One is not born a woman, one becomes a woman.