“The trigger gave; I felt the smooth underside of the butt; and there, in that noise, sharp and deafening at the same time, is where it all started. I shook off the sweat and the sun. I knew that I had shattered the harmony of the day, the exceptional silence of a beach where I'd been happy. Then I fired four more times at the motionless body where the bullets lodged without leaving a trace. And it was like knocking four quick times on the door of unhappiness.”
― L'Étranger
― L'Étranger
“Aujourd'hui, maman est morte. Ou peut-être hier, je ne sais pas.”
― The Stranger
― The Stranger
“But I did learn from Leonardo how a desire to marvel about the world that we encounter each day can make each moment of our lives richer.”
― Leonardo da Vinci
― Leonardo da Vinci
“I had only a little time left and I didn't want to waste it on God.”
― L'Étranger
― L'Étranger
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