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Our bones ache only while the flesh is on them.

Djuna Barnes

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Djuna Barnes
Age: 90 †
Born: 1892
Born: June 12
Died: 1982
Died: June 18
Journalist
Novelist
Playwright
Poet
Writer
Cornwall on Hudson
New York
Lydia Steptoe
Ache
Bones
Flesh

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We are adhering to life now with our last muscle - the heart.
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The night is a skin pulled over the head of day that the day may be in torment.
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I'm a fart in a gale of wind, a humble violet under a cow pat.
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And must I, perchance, like careful writers, guard myself against the conclusions of my readers?
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