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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Leisure time is that five or six hours when you sleep at night. – George Allen

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Sleep is when all the unsorted stuff comes flying out as from a dustbin upset in a high wind. – William Golding

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I count it as a certainty that in paradise, everyone naps. – Tom Hodgkinson

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Silence moves faster when it’s going backward. – Jean Cocteau

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