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Yes, they are carnal, both of them, love and death, and therein lies their terror and their great magic!

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For passion, like crime does not sit well with the sure order and even course of everyday life. It welcomes every loosening of the social fabric, ever...more

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His games have a deeper meaning and fascination that adults can no longer fathom and require nothing more than three pebbles, or a piece of wood with ...more

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Nothing is more curious and awkward than the relationship of two people who only know each other with their eyes — who meet and observe each other dai...more

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Forbearance in the face of fate, beauty constant under torture, are not merely passive. They are a positive achievement, an explicit triumph.

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He took in the squeaky music, the vulgar and pining melodies, because passion immobilizes good taste and seriously considers what soberly would be tho...more

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For a brief moment I felt I was the older, the more mature."A gift of life," I responded, "if not to say, a gift of God, such as music, should not hav...more

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It is love, not reason, that is stronger than death.

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For the sake of goodness and love, man shall grant death no dominion over his thoughts.