"A man is whole only when he takes into account his shadow."
"Life is painful, nasty and short.. in my case it has only been painful and nasty."
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Source: Djuna Barnes, Phillip F. Herring, Osias Stutman (2005). “Collected Poems: With Notes Toward the Memoirs”, p.285, Univ of Wisconsin Press
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