Djuna Barnes Quote

But the great doctor, he's a divine idiot and a wise man. He closes one eye, the eye that he studied with, and putting his finger on the arteries of the body says: "God whose roadway this is, has given me permission to travel on it also," which, Heaven help the patient, is true...


Nightwood, La Somnambule (p. 40)


But the great doctor, he's a divine idiot and a wise man. He closes one eye, the eye that he studied with, and putting his finger on the arteries of...

But the great doctor, he's a divine idiot and a wise man. He closes one eye, the eye that he studied with, and putting his finger on the arteries of...

But the great doctor, he's a divine idiot and a wise man. He closes one eye, the eye that he studied with, and putting his finger on the arteries of...

But the great doctor, he's a divine idiot and a wise man. He closes one eye, the eye that he studied with, and putting his finger on the arteries of...