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“In a word, a man’s success depends on feminine support.”

— Mariama Bâ Scarlet Song (1981)

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“The flavour of life is love. The salt of life is also love.”

Scarlet Song (1981)

“The word ‘happiness’ does indeed have meaning, doesn’t it? I shall go out in search of it.”

Scarlet Song (1981)

“Each life has its share of heroism, an obscure heroism, born of abdication, of renunciation and acceptance under the merciless whip of fate.”

Scarlet Song (1981)

“A woman must marry the man who loves her, but never the one she loves; that is the secret of lasting happiness.”

Scarlet Song (1981)

“The most humble of huts is pleasing when it is clean; the most luxurious setting offers no attraction if it is covered in dust.”

Scarlet Song (1981)

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To rank the effort above the prize may be called love.

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The weak shows his strength and hides his weaknesses; the magnificent exhibits his weaknesses like ornaments.

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