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J'ai cherché délibérément à lutter contre mon amour pour toi. Je ne peux que m'y soumettre – je voudrais pouvoir m'agripper à toutes les branches, toutes les racines qui pourraient m'aider à franchir cet âbime de ma vie. Mais je ne puis me leurrer plus longtemps. Si je dois survivre il me faut ton secours. Autrement, tôt ou tard, je tomberai.
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― L'Amour après
― L'Amour après
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What was the wager?”
“That death would win over love.”
“Whom did you make the bet with?”
“Love herself. Be glad you didn’t tangle with her, my dear. She’s merciless. An utter savage.”
“More so than you?” asked Belle bitterly.
The countess tilted her head. She lifted the glass heart the Beast had given Belle, smiled, and let it drop again.
“You understand so little,child,” she said. “To love, to truly love another—that is not for the faint of heart. Why, I’ve seen a husband mop the brow of his pl
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― Beauty and the Beast: Lost in a Book
― Beauty and the Beast: Lost in a Book