Quote by: Djuna Barnes

We are beginning to wonder whether a servant girl hasn't the best of it after all. She knows how the salad tastes without the dressing, and she knows how life's lived before it gets to the parlor door.


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Author Bio


  • NameDjuna Barnes
  • DescriptionAmerican Modernist writer, poet and artist
  • BornJune 12, 1892
  • DiedJune 18, 1982
  • CountryUnited States Of America
  • ProfessionPoet; Author; Novelist
  • WorksLadies Almanack; Nightwood