Nora Barnacle Quotes

I go to bed and then that man sits in the next room and continues laughing about his own writing. And then I knock at the door, and I say, now Jim, stop writing or stop laughing.

Nora Barnacle

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• I go to bed and then that man sits in the next room and continues laughing about his own writing. And then I knock at the door, and I say, now Jim, stop writing or stop laughing.

  

  Nora Barnacle
  • Writing
  • Laughing
  • Room