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Old ocean! ... If somewhere your waves are enraged, farther off in some other zone they are in the most complete calm.

— Comte de Lautréamont

Vieil océan. ... Si tes vagues sont quelque part en furie, plus loin, dans quelque autre zone, elles sont dans le calme le plus complet.

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