W. N. P. Barbellion Quotes


As soon as we are born, if we could but get up, bath, dress, shave, breakfast once for all, if we could 'cut' these monotonous cycles of routine. If the sun rose it would stay up, or once we were alive we were immortal!


Citations

Barbellion, W. N. P. The Journal of a Disappointed Man. Chatto & Windus, 1919.

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  • Born: September 7, 1889
  • Died: October 22, 1919
  • Nationality: English
  • Profession: Writer, Author
Biography

Wilhelm Nero Pilate Barbellion was the pen name of Bruce Frederick Cummings (7 September 1889 – 22 October 1919), an English diarist who was responsible for The Journal of a Disappointed Man. Ronald Blythe called it "among the most moving diaries ever created"