Status Updates From The Intimate Journal

"Oh, sim!meu pobre amigo, eu amo!Em vão invoco a cólera em meu auxílio.Eu amo, por isso morro, a menos que Deus me conceda a graça de um milagre.(.)Não posso trabalhar!Ah, a solidão, a solidão!Não estou capaz de escrever nem de orar.(.)E eu sozinha, sozinha para todo o sempre, quero matar-me;quem se arroga o direito de mo impedir?
[Nota da leitora: viveu até aos 72 anos e até lá gastou todas as interjeições do mundo]

"Sand coloca-o [o diário] de lado sempre que a vida lhe corre de feição: "A partir do momento em que a vida se torna suportável, já não carece de análise. Arruinaremos um dia de sossego se teimarmos em dissecá-lo ao pormenor", retomando-o quase hora a hora nos momentos de desespero."

(...) Lentamente, tomei a cor alva da flor de lis. À minha volta, via almas felizes que punham as mãos e bendiziam a Deus. O céu entreabriu-se e escutei a voz do Alto, que dizia: «Vinde, minhas fortes, podeis descansar», mas nada vi, pois silenciara-se a sinfonia.

“I cannot say that I have ever loved life. I think I was born impatient to die. Ten years ago when I felt I was dying I was content to go. Indeed, the certainty of final death was the one comforting thought that sustained me. But I realized then that my soul was dying first, and I decided to keep my body in order to save my soul.”

“Will any method of persuasion reach those who are set against the truth? ... What appeal can be made to minds protected from truth by an iron wall of prejudice? ... Base and cowardly natures instinctively hate truth and justice. That we know and accept. But what are we to think of human nature when we meet noble minds open to truth on many sides, and see them close before truth which offends their prejudice?”

French culture & mores woven into surreal portraits of characters' moving toward empowerment and freedom within contexts of educational influences.

Sands work was banned for 100 years after her death. For women's rights and equality this erasure from history and collective psyche was like murder of MLK. George Sand was the most prolific playwright of her day. Her prodigious output and vast contributions to humanity today are little known.

It seems to me Princess Cavalcani is Sand, as well as her great (step) grandmother M. Louise Dupin, and a surreal compilation of multiple female owners of The Chateaux Chenonceau know as "the Woman's Chateaux." Secretary character based in part on a young JJ Rousseau's infatuation with M. Dupin prior to his writing career. Explores themes related to equality and degenerative influences of church on #metoo.