Elsa Triolet quotes
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“There's no place where one can breathe as freely as on the deck of a ship.”
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“Justice, like vengeance, is not good eaten cold.”
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“To be a prophet it is sufficient to be a pessimist.”
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“Tolerance enlarges the circle of our acquaintances.”
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“I love the melody of an unknown language, the strange food, all the surprises of a strange town, and my own impatience and curiosity ... I love traveling as others love the gaming table; I anticipate a new place as others anticipate the next number to come up.”
-- Elsa TrioletSource : Elsa Triolet (1947). “A Fine of 200 Francs”
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“Do not be astonished at anything, even happiness.”
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“There is no happiness for a society ruled by distrust.”
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“You can kill time or kill yourself, it comes to the same thing in the end.”
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“Ash, I want you. Bad, very very bad. But you deserve better than this”
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Source : "Trent Bridge to tackle football-style rowdyism" by Paul Weaver, www.theguardian.com. August 24, 2005.
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“Ashes to ashes. Dust to dust. We are nothing, but dust and to dust we shall return. Amen.”
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Source : Annie Dillard (2016). “The Abundance”, p.88, Canongate Books
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“We'll all be the first to hold up our hands and take it on the chin [can't all be the first Ash!]”
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