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I am little concerned with beauty or perfection. I don't care for the great centuries. All I care about is life, struggle, intensity.

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If you ask me what I came into this life to do, I will tell you: I came to live out loud.

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I believe that all is illusion and vanity outside the treasure of truths slowly accumulated, and which will never again be lost. I believe that the su...more

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If you ask me what I came to do in this world, I, an artist, will answer you: I am here to live out loud.

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Her son would be incomparably handsome, good and powerful. He would be the expected Messiah; it is fortunate for humanity that all mothers have this p...more

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Boredom was at the root of Lazare's unhappiness, an oppressive, unremitting boredom, exuding from everything like the muddy water of a poisoned spring...more

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She wanted to live, and live fully, and to give life, she who loved life! What was the good of existing, if you couldn't give yourself?

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Never subject to the rules, believing that the correct judgement and healthy nature keep her in the honesty she lived in.