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In my solitude I sing to myself a sweet lullaby, as sweet as my mother used to sing to me.

— 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.

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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