Les Boulevards de Ceinture
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He listened to me, smiling, but with that condescending and paternal solicitude for having me at his service.
Les Boulevards de Ceinture
He took advantage of the disorder and the night. In a world that was adrift, he felt perfectly comfortable.
Les Boulevards de Ceinture
Whatever more we do, we will never know the repose, the gentle stillness of things. We will always walk on quicksand.
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Les Boulevards de Ceinture
Patrick Modiano
On Anger: "For every minute you remain angry, you give up sixty seconds of peace of mind."
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On Friendship: "A crowd is not company; and faces are but a gallery of pictures; and talk but a tinkling cymbal, where there is no love."
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