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Djuna Barnes: After all, it...

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After all, it is not where one washes one's neck that counts but where one moistens one's throat.

Source: Greenwich Village As It Is, in Pearson's Magazine, Oct 1916; repr. in Djuna Barnes's New York, 1989.
-- Djuna Barnes, (Jun 12 1892-1982), US novelist, poet, illustrator, dramatist; She was critically acclaimed, though not widely read, for her short stories and one-act plays, many of which she illustrated, e.g. Nightwood, 1936.


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