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The past is such a subtle thing. [But] in the end, nothing else exists, everything is made of the past, even the future.
Natalie Clifford Barney
Being bilingual is like having a wife and a mistress. One can never be sure of either.
Natalie Clifford Barney
I am not a bibliophile but a humanophile: I look for rare human beings.
Natalie Clifford Barney
if I had one ambition it was to make my life itself into a poem.
Natalie Clifford Barney
Seeking revenge: what a lack of foresight.
Natalie Clifford Barney
Some people make it hard for me to believe in universal evolution.
Natalie Clifford Barney
Our prejudices, our antipathies, are our natural defenses against what we could not assimilate.
Natalie Clifford Barney
Eternity - waste of time.
Natalie Clifford Barney
One is not oneself every day-fortunately.
Natalie Clifford Barney
If only art were as rare as good taste.
Natalie Clifford Barney
A thought falls like a ripe fruit from the tree of idleness.
Natalie Clifford Barney
That parasite: the past.
Natalie Clifford Barney
What makes bad writers so annoying is their good passages.
Natalie Clifford Barney
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Natalie Clifford Barney
Occupation:
American Author
Born:
October 31, 1876
Died:
February 2, 1972
Quotes count:
40
Wikipedia:
Natalie Clifford Barney
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