“God,” she cried, “what is love? Man seeking his own head? The human h…

Djuna Barnes
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“God,” she cried, “what is love? Man seeking his own head? The human head, so rented by misery that even the teeth weigh! She couldn't tell me the truth because she had never planned it; her life was a continual accident, and how can you be prepared for that? Everything we can't bear in this world, some day we find in one person, and love it all at once.” ✨ Nightwood.
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