“We always deceive ourselves twice about the people we love - first to their advantage, then to their disadvantage.”
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“I have a very old and very faithful attachment for dogs. I like them because they always forgive.”
― The Fall
― The Fall
“I was assailed by memories of a life that wasn't mine anymore, but one in which I'd found the simplest and most lasting joys: the smells of summer, the part of town I loved, a certain evening sky, Marie's dresses and the way she laughed.”
― The Stranger
― The Stranger
“I would like to be able to breathe— to be able to love her by memory or fidelity. But my heart aches. I love you continuously, intensely.”
― Notebooks 1951-1959
― Notebooks 1951-1959
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