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“For the first time in a long time I thought about Maman. I felt as if I understood why at the end of her life she had taken a 'fiancé,' why she had played at beginning again. Even there, in that home where lives were fading out, evening was a kind of wistful respite. So close to death, Maman must have felt free then and ready to live it all again. Nobody, nobody had the right to cry over her. And I felt ready to live it all again too.”
― The Stranger
― The Stranger
“And it was like knocking four quick times on the door of unhappiness.”
― The Stranger
― The Stranger
“I may not have been sure about what really did interest me, but I was absolutely sure about what didn't.”
― The Stranger
― The Stranger
“I realized then that a man who had lived only one day could easily live for a hundred years in prison. He would have enough memories to keep him from being bored”
― The Stranger
― The Stranger
“Mother died today. Or maybe yesterday; I can't be sure.”
― The Stranger
― The Stranger
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