88 Quotes by Natalie Clifford Barney

Would that well-thinking people should be replaced by thinking ones.

Youth is not a question of years: one is young or old from birth.

It is time for dead languages to be quiet.

I do not understand those who spend hours at the theater watching scenes between people whom they would not listen to for five minutes in real life.

The past is such a subtle thing. [But] in the end, nothing else exists, everything is made of the past, even the future.

Our shadows are taller than ourselves.

Seeking revenge: what a lack of foresight.

Might I be the one I am looking for?

Eternity: what a waste of time.