Quote by Djuna Barnes
Sleep demands of us a guilty immunity. There is not one of us who,

Sleep demands of us a guilty immunity. There is not one of us who, given an eternal incognito, a thumbprint nowhere set against our souls, would not commit rape, murder and all abominations. – Djuna Barnes

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We are beginning to wonder whether a servant girl hasnt the best of it after all. She knows how the salad tastes without the dressing, and she knows how lifes lived before it gets to the parlor door. – Djuna Barnes

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The heart of the jealous knows the best and most satisfying love, that of the others bed, where the rival perfects the lovers imperfections. – Djuna Barnes

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Sometimes I sit up late with my thoughts, reluctant to fall asleep and leave my thoughts alone by themselves. – Robert Brault, rbrault.blogspot.com

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What hath night to do with sleep? – John Milton

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Bed is the poor mans opera. – Italian Proverb

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A ruffled mind makes a restless pillow. – Charlotte Brontë

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