Djuna Barnes Quote

Ravelling grandly into vice
Dropping crooked into rhyme.
Slipping through the stitch of virtue,
Into crime.


The Book of Repulsive Women (1915)


Ravelling grandly into vice Dropping crooked into rhyme. Slipping through the stitch of virtue, Into crime.

Ravelling grandly into vice Dropping crooked into rhyme. Slipping through the stitch of virtue, Into crime.

Ravelling grandly into vice Dropping crooked into rhyme. Slipping through the stitch of virtue, Into crime.

Ravelling grandly into vice Dropping crooked into rhyme. Slipping through the stitch of virtue, Into crime.