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He presses me so closely that he will crush me, poor little girl that I am. But when he is within me, I know nothing more in the world, and they might cut off my limbs without recalling me from my ecstasy.

— Pierre Louÿs Les Chansons de Bilitis: traduites du grec ("The Songs of Bilitis") (1894)

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Human love is to be distinguished from the rut of animals only by two divine functions: the caress and the kiss.

Aphrodite: mœurs antiques ("Aphrodite: ancient morals") (1896)

“... after you have done everything to please a man and he's taken his pleasure with you, all you are for him is a whore, and a whore's daughter.”

Trois Filles de leur mère ("Three Daughters of their Mother") (1926)

King Pausole dispensed justice from under a cherry tree, for, he was wont to say, that tree gives just as much shade as any other, and has the advantage over the traditional oak that in the summer it bears delightful fruit.

Les Aventures du roi Pausole ("The Adventures of King Pausole") (1900)

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