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Tall and thin, Mademoiselle Baptistine was a pale and gentle person. She was the incarnation of the word 'respectable,' whereas to be 'venerable,' a w...more

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The soul of the just contemplates in sleep a mysterious heaven.

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In the morning, when he entered my room, I grumbled, but he was like the sunlight to me, all the same. One cannot defend oneself against those brats. ...more

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Mother's arms are made of tenderness, and sweet sleep blesses the child who lies within.

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Hardly had the light been extinguished, when a peculiar trembling beganto affect the netting under which the three children lay.It consisted of a mult...more

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When your day has been teeming with different sensations, when you have things on your mind, you can get to sleep to start with but you can't get back...more

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a mother who loses her child can no longer believe in God