Barnes

Famous quotes containing the word barnes:

“Leaves of the summer, lovely summer’s pride,
Sweet is the shade below your silent tree,”
—William Barnes (1801–1886)

“We are beginning to wonder whether a servant girl hasn’t the best of it after all. She knows how the salad tastes without the dressing, and she knows how life’s lived before it gets to the parlor door.”
—Djuna Barnes (1892–1982)

“The night is a skin pulled over the head of day that the day may be in torment.”
—Djuna Barnes (1892–1982)