“Les contes de fées c'est comme ça.
Un matin on se réveille.
On dit: "Ce n'était qu'un conte de fées..."
On sourit de soi.
Mais au fond on ne sourit guère.
On sait bien que les contes de fées
c'est la seule vérité de la vie.
Fairy tales are like that.
One morning, we wake up
and say, "It was only a fairy tale..."
We put a smile on our face
but deep inside, this isn't what we feel like doing.
It's because we know full well that fairy tales
are the only truth in life.
[The English translation is Lucrèce Riminiac's.]”
― Lettres à l'inconnue
Un matin on se réveille.
On dit: "Ce n'était qu'un conte de fées..."
On sourit de soi.
Mais au fond on ne sourit guère.
On sait bien que les contes de fées
c'est la seule vérité de la vie.
Fairy tales are like that.
One morning, we wake up
and say, "It was only a fairy tale..."
We put a smile on our face
but deep inside, this isn't what we feel like doing.
It's because we know full well that fairy tales
are the only truth in life.
[The English translation is Lucrèce Riminiac's.]”
― Lettres à l'inconnue
“The best order of things, as I see it, is the one that includes me; to hell with the most perfect of worlds, if I'm not part of it.”
― Rameau's Nephew / D'Alembert's Dream
― Rameau's Nephew / D'Alembert's Dream
“Плохи не люди, плохо то, что в людях сгнил человек.”
― Citadelle
― Citadelle
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