Youth is not a question of years: one is young or old from birth.
Natalie Clifford BarneyWhen you're in love you never really know whether your elation comes from the qualities of the one you love, or if it attributes them to her; whether the light which surrounds her like a halo comes from you, from her, or from the meeting of your sparks.
Natalie Clifford BarneyMost virtue is a demand for greater seduction.
Natalie Clifford BarneyAt first, when an idea, a poem, or the desire to write takes hold of you, work is a pleasure, a delight, and your enthusiasm knows no bounds. But later on you work with difficulty, doggedly, desperately. For once you have committed yourself to a particular work, inspiration changes its form and becomes an obsession, like a love-affair… which haunts you night and day! Once at grips with a work, we must master it completely before we can recover our idleness.
Natalie Clifford BarneyTags: writing
It's necessary to use suffering. Otherwise, one is used by it.
Natalie Clifford BarneyTags: inspirational suffering
Time engraves our faces with all the tears we have not shed.
Natalie Clifford BarneyLe pire n'est pas que l'on se brûle, mais que le feu s'éteint.
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Bientôt ou dans un cycle, ce sera de nouveau son tour de me prouver la qualité de son feu. Je ne lui manquerai pas, elle ne me manquera pas--et tout sera consumé.
Natalie Clifford BarneyTags: love marriage gay-marriage lesbian-partners lesbian-erotica
Les générosites en amour se payent cher.
Natalie Clifford BarneyTags: love lesbian-fiction lesbian-erotica
La grande courtisane, la petite sainte.
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