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Yes, the words, the land of my birth, they console me and compensate, but they would not bring me my mother back.

— Albert Cohen Le livre de ma mère [The Book of My Mother (1954)

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Human friends, friends in hardship and in life, this is our pure love, love of mother and son.

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Alone dwells every man and everyone mocks everyone else, and a deserted island is our pain.

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She answers no more, the one who used to answer always.

Le livre de ma mère [The Book of My Mother (1954)

With her alone I could be far away from everyone.

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She does not talk anymore, the one who used to talk so pleasantly.

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