"More and more then every one comes to be clear to some one."
Gertrude Stein
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“We are not what other people say we are. We are who we know ourselves to be, and we are what we love. That’s OK.”Laverne Cox actor | advocate
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An authoritative anthology of Gertrude's early works ~ including Q.E.D., Three Lives, Portraits & Other Short Works and The Autobiography of Alice B. Toklas. Q.E.D. was one of the first books Gertrude wrote, but it didn't make it into print until late in her career.
Library of America |
Gertrude sits with longtime partner Alice B. Toklas on a French terrace in 1934. The two met in Paris in 1907, and Alice soon became Gertrude's all-around companion ~ serving as her secretary, cook, lover + muse.
Carl Van Vechten | Henry W. and Albert A. Berg Collection of English and American Literature | NYPL |