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“She would brush her hair and cry, just imagine, I was sure it was something psychological, something that could be cured by love, you know how difficult it is to realize that some pains can’t be cured by love?”
― Love Life
― Love Life
“Beneath the trees it was not dark as a room is dark when the lights are put out, the artificial darkness which comes when an artificial light is gone; it was the deep natural darkness which comes with a forsaking of natural light.”
― Hangsaman
― Hangsaman
“It has always been my opinion, you know, that princesses are confined in towers only because they choose to stay confined, and the only dragon required to keep them there was their own desire to be kept.”
― Hangsaman
― Hangsaman
“Elle aurait voulu le savoir plongé dans la passion comme dans une mer : que l’eau palpite sourdement à ses oreilles, que ses yeux se ferment, que les mouvements de son corps soient instinctifs, désespérés, inconscients.”
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“Tu sais, je viens juste de voir que c'est l'automne et pourtant il y avait des tas de feuilles mortes dans la rue pour me le dire. Je ne pourrai pas poser mes lèvres sur tes bras avant le printemps.
Triste,non ?”
― La ville aux acacias
Triste,non ?”
― La ville aux acacias
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