Friday, December 16, 2022

we people the void with phantoms

 “Solitude is indeed dangerous for a working intelligence. We need to have around us people who think and speak. When we are alone for a long time we people the void with phantoms”
Guy de Maupassant, Le Horla et autres contes fantastiques
“Our memory is a more perfect world than the universe: it gives back life to those who no longer exist.”
Guy de Maupassant

“Words dazzle and deceive because they are mimed by the face. But black words on a white page are the soul laid bare.”
Guy de Maupassant

“There is only one good thing in life, and that is love.”
Guy de Maupassant, The Complete Short Stories of de Maupassant

“We breathe, sleep, drink, eat, work and then die! The end of life is death. What do you long for? Love? A few kisses and you will be powerless. Money? What for? To gratify your desires. Glory? What comes after it all? Death! Death alone is certain.”
Guy de Maupassant, Bel-Ami 

 “A lawful kiss is never worth as much as a stolen one.”
Guy de Maupassant

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