Madness to us means reversion; to such people as Una and Lena it meant progression. Now their uncle had entered into a land beyond them, the land of fancy. For fifty years he had been as they were, silent, hard-working, unimaginative. Then all of a sudden, like a scholar passing his degree, he had gone up into another form.
Djuna BarnesEven the contemplative life is only an effort, Nora my dear, to hide the body so the feet wonโt stick out.
Djuna BarnesTime is a great conference planning our end, and youth is only the past putting a leg forward.
Djuna Barnes