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I entered literary life as a meteor, and I shall leave it like a thunderbolt.

Guy de Maupassant

Broad daylight does not encourage the apprehension of horror.
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Encouragement Horror
The essence of life is the smile of round female bottoms, under the shadow of cosmic boredom.
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Boredom Essence Female Life Shadow Smile
In the East men know panic, but they do not know what fright is.
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Deep Fear Man Panic
Conversation. What is it? A Mystery! It’s the art of never seeming bored, of touching everything with interest, of pleasing with trifles, of being fascinating with nothing at all.
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Art Boredom Conversation Fascinate Interest
A sick thought can devour the body’s flesh more than fever or consumption.
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Body Consumption Sick Thinking
Whatever you want to say, there is only one word to express it, only one verb to give it movement, only one adjective to qualify it.
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Adjective Expression Movement Oneself Word
Our memory is a more perfect world than the universe: it gives back life to those who no longer exist.
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Existence Life Memories Ourselves Perfection Universe
Those men, those of former times, had soul and eyes that in no way resemble ours, and in their veins, along with their blood, flowed something that has disappeared: love and admiration for the Beautiful.
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Admire Beautiful Blood Eyes Love Man Soul Time
One sometimes weeps over one’s illusions with as much bitterness as over a death.
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Death Illusion Time
Love always has its price, come whence it may.
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Love Price Time
Travel, like dreams, is a door that opens from the real world into a world that is yet to be discovered.
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Discover Dreams Reality Travel
You’ve never lived until you’ve almost died. For those who have fought for it, life has a flavor the protected shall never know.
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Death Fight Known Life Live Protection
The bed comprehends our whole life, for we were born in it, we live in it, and we shall die in it
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Bed Born Death Life
Great minds that are healthy are never considered geniuses, while this sublime qualification is lavished on brains that are often inferior but are slightly touched by madness.
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Genius Greatness Health Inferior Madness Touch
Legitimized love always despises its easygoing brother.
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Brother Love
I have coveted everything and taken pleasure in nothing.
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Happiness Let Go Myself

I entered literary life as a meteor, and I shall leave it like a thunderbolt.

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