One must not look inward too much, while the inside is yet tender. I d…

Djuna Barnes
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One must not look inward too much, while the inside is yet tender. I do not wish to frighten myself until I can stand it. ✨ Djuna Barnes (2016). Vivid and Repulsive as the Truth: The Early Works of Djuna Barnes, p.207, Courier Dover Publications
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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. ✨ Djuna Barnes (2014). Nightwood, p.70, Faber & Faber
We are adhering to life now with our last muscle - the heart. ✨ Djuna Barnes (2014). Nightwood, p.38, Faber & Faber
This head has risen above its hair in a moment of abandon known only to men who have drawn their feet out of their boots to walk awhile in the corridors of the mind. ✨ Djuna Barnes (1996). Collected … ▶
Dreams have only the pigmentation of fact. ✨ 1936 Doctor. Night wood, ch.5.
No one will be much or little except in someone else's mind, so be careful of the minds you get into. ✨ Djuna Barnes (2014). Nightwood, p.96, Faber & Faber

One must not look inward too much, while the inside is yet tender. I do not wish to frighten myself until I can stand it. ✨ Djuna Barnes (2016). Vivid and Repulsive as the Truth: The Early Works of Djuna Barnes, p.207, Courier Dover Publications

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