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We do not know the true value of our moments until they have undergone the test of memory. Like the images the photographer plunges into a golden bath, our sentiments take on color; and only then, after that recoil and that trans-figuration, do we understand their real meaning and enjoy them in all their tranquil splendor.

Georges Duhamel
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The desire for order is the only order in the world.

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No doubt about it: error is the rule, truth is the accident of error.

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I have too much respect for the idea of God to make it responsible for such an absurd world.

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We do not know the true value of our moments until they have undergone the test of memory.

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To drink is a small matter. To be thirsty is everything.

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When you are in it up to your ears, keep your mouth shut.

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Courtesy is not dead - it has merely taken refuge in Great Britain.

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Do not trust your memory; it is a net full of holes; the most beautiful prizes slip through it.

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I can no longer think what I want to think. My thoughts have been replaced by moving images.

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