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Take each other, leave each other, seek each other in turn:
Nothing is real but dreams and love.

— Anna de Noailles Le Cœur innombrable (1901)

Prenez-vous, quittez-vous, cherchez-vous tour à tour,
Il n’est rien de réel que le rêve et l’amour.

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