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Because the heart beats under a covering of hair, of fur, feathers, or wings, it is, for that reason, to be of no account?


Jean Paul Richter

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JEAN-PAUL SARTRE Three o clock is always too late or too early for anything you want to do.
JEAN-PAUL SARTRE One is still what one is going to cease to be and already what one is going to become. One lives one...
JEAN-PAUL SARTRE