Wayne Hamblet

“However they may have felt when they left they were now committed, they had passed the point of no return.”
― Hubert Selby Jr., Requiem for a Dream

“We all show false faces to the world, and a good thing too, for a hundred reasons. We should be consistent with our friends and lovers, so as not to be unkind. But if in your heart you are not kind, it's better to be false, to act kindly even if you don't feel it, because the deed is important and not the reason for it.
That kind of falsity is the triumph of our civilization.”
― Philip Pullman, Galatea

“I find myself happiest in the middle of a book in which I forget that I am reading, but am instead immersed in a made-up life lived at the highest pitch.”
― Pat Conroy, My Reading Life

“De guiche.
"Portez-les-lui."

Cyrano, tenté et un peu charmé.
"Vraiment…"

De guiche.
"Il est des plus experts.
Il vous corrigera seulement quelques vers…"

Cyrano, dont le visage s’est immédiatement rembruni.
"Impossible, Monsieur ; mon sang se coagule
En pensant qu’on y peut changer une virgule."

De guiche.
"Mais quand un vers lui plaît, en revanche, mon cher,
Il le paye très cher."

Cyrano.
"Il le paye moins cher
Que moi, lorsque j’ai fait un vers, et que je l’aime,
Je me le paye, en me le chantant à moi-même !"

De guiche.
"Vous êtes fier."

Cyrano.
"Vraiment, vous l’avez remarqué ?”
― Edmond Rostand, Cyrano de Bergerac