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Djuna Barnes: Life is painful,...

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Life is painful, nasty and short . . . in my case it has only been painful and nasty.

Source: In Life Is Painful, Nasty and Short... by Hank O'Neal, 1991.
-- 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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