Quotes by : Donald Barthelme

Is that true," I asked, "that song?""It is a metaphor," said Mrs. Davis, "it has metaphorical truth.""And....

But the lie had to be a good one, because if your lie is badly done it makes everyone feel wretched,....

He is mad about being small when you were big, but no, that's not it, he is mad about being helpless....

I noticed that he was an Irish setter, rust-colored. He noticed that I was a Welsh sculptor, buff-colored....

Yes, the saint was underrated quite a bit, then, mostly by people who didn’t like things that were....

I myself," said Gibbon, "am slightly underdone in the personal worthlessness line. It was Papa's fault.....

You told me that Kafka was not a thinker, and that a "genetic" approach to his work would disclose that....

the hinder portion scalding-house good eating Curve B in addition to the usual baths and ablutions military....

The death of God left the angels in a strange position.

Then Wanda proposed a health. "Health to abandoned wives!" she said. "Well now," I said. "'Abandoned,'....