We are adhering to life now with our last muscle

Djuna Barnes
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We are adhering to life now with our last muscle - the heart. ✨ Djuna Barnes (2014). Nightwood, p.38, Faber & Faber
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We are adhering to life now with our last muscle - the heart. ✨ Djuna Barnes (2014). Nightwood, p.38, Faber & Faber

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