Henri Barbusse on Anniversary
1873–1935 France
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6 quotes
I have searched, I have indistinctly seen, I have doubted. Now, I hope.
Light (1919)
She, perhaps, was the one I should have always loved; she whom I seek gropingly, desperately, from each to the next.
Light (1919)
I, who have not cried since my childhood, I cry now like a child because of all that I shall never have. I cry over lost beauty and grandeur. I love everything that I should have embraced.
The Inferno (1917)
Once, after we had recalled to each other an enchanted summer evening, I said, "We loved each other," and she answered, "I remember."
Light (1919)
I take her hand, as I did before. I speak to her, rather timidly and at random: "Carnal love isn't the whole of love."
"It's love!" Marie answers.
Light (1919)
She is one with me. Love — it comes back to me. Love is an unhappy man and unhappy woman.
I awake — uttering the feeble cry of the babe new-born.
Light (1919)