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[returntomytilene]

‘[Natalie Clifford Barney’s] use of traditional [poetic] forms constituted an effort to summon literary authority, to place her poetry in a long and respected tradition . . . Barney’s poetry addressed a subject that has been denied a literary tradition of its own. Although the external forms of this poetry were traditional, even clichéd, they enclosed a radical sentiment.’

— Shari Benstock, Women of the Left Bank, Paris 1900–1940 (1988)

[commonplacebookstuff]

... For what after all is Youth and Beauty?-- It is but a poor substitute for real worth and Merit

Jane Austen

[itramontidelcuore]

..ho capito subito che il luogo dove dovevo andare era quello che avevo lasciato.

Silente