Sometimes, forcing themselves to hope, they sought to resume the burning dreams of other days, and were quite astonished to find they had no imagination.
Original text (French)
Original text (French)
Death and the sowing of seeds: and the life of bread growing up out of the earth.
This woman was as necessary to his life as eating and drinking.
When younger, he had been fun-loving to the point of tedium.
As one must die, I would rather die of passion than boredom!
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