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In action be primitive in foresight a strategist.

For an inheritance to be really great the hand of the defunct must not be seen.

I believe in the magic and in the authority of words

That which comes into the world to disturb nothing deserves neither respect nor patience.

I believe in the magic and authority of words.

Desire, desire which knows, we draw no advantage from our shadows except from some veritable soverei...

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How did writing come to me? Like bird’s down on my windowpane, in winter. Just then there rose in th...

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René Char

Poet

Born: 1907-06-14

Died: 1988-02-19

René Char (14 June 1907 – 19 February 1988), born René-Émile Char, was a 20th century French poet, and a member of the French Resistance forces of World War II.More