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She came forward like a film star, or rather like the ideal woman in an adolescent’s dream.

— Georges Simenon La Nuit du carrefour (1931)

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Writing is not a profession but a vocation of unhappiness. I don't think an artist can ever be happy.

The fact that we are I don't know how many millions of people, yet communication, complete communication, is completely impossible between two of those people, is to me one of the biggest tragic themes in the world.

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There is a Lady sweet and kind,
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We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men and women are created equal.

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