Natalie Clifford Barney Quotes

What Makes Bad Writers So Annoying Is Their Good Passages.

Fatalism Is The Lazy Man's Way Of Accepting The Inevitable.

Eternity: What A Waste Of Time.

Lovers Should Also Have Their Days Off.

The Advantage Of Love At First Sight Is That It Delays A Second Sight.

All Expression, All Art, Is An Indiscretion We Commit Against Ourselves. This Is Not An 'impoverishment' But An Increase In Wealth, For It Is In This Way That We Make The Short Hours Of Our Lives Live On Beyond Themselves.

That Parasite: The Past.

Hero Worship Has Died With Heroes, And If Someone Bows Down Today, It Is To Pick Up Something.

I Judge People's Charm By The Ease With Which I Express Myself In Their Presence.

To Think About And Prepare For War Is Boring, Boring For Everyone. It's Being Locked In Barracks.

Fashion: The Search For A New Absurdity.

Youth Is Not A Question Of Years: One Is Young Or Old From Birth.