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"This and maybe another Hughes book—The Expendable Man—will be the last American noir I read for now, before beginning my project of forcing my way through Simenon and Manchette in French." — Jan 31, 2026 12:13PM
"This and maybe another Hughes book—The Expendable Man—will be the last American noir I read for now, before beginning my project of forcing my way through Simenon and Manchette in French." — Jan 31, 2026 12:13PM
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"Il me tenait serrée contre lui, soulevée, la tête sur son épaule. En ce moment-là, je l’aimais. Dans la lumière du matin, il était aussi doré, aussi gentil, aussi doux que moi, il me protégeait. Quand sa bouche chercha la mienne, je me mis à trembler de plaisir comme lui et notre baiser fut sans remords et sans honte, seulement une profonde recherche, entrecoupée de murmures." — Jan 23, 2026 03:41PM
"Il me tenait serrée contre lui, soulevée, la tête sur son épaule. En ce moment-là, je l’aimais. Dans la lumière du matin, il était aussi doré, aussi gentil, aussi doux que moi, il me protégeait. Quand sa bouche chercha la mienne, je me mis à trembler de plaisir comme lui et notre baiser fut sans remords et sans honte, seulement une profonde recherche, entrecoupée de murmures." — Jan 23, 2026 03:41PM
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