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Yves Bonnefoy Quotes

1923–2016 France

Yves Jean Bonnefoy (24 June 1923, Tours – 1 July 2016, Paris) was a French poet and art historian.

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But there is no answer I can give, for words
Can be cruel: they will resist
Those who respect and love them
For what they could be and not for what they are.

Ce qui fut sans lumière (1987)

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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Yves Bonnefoy (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.