BARTER OUR PASSIONS

 

“J’ai un but, une tâche, disons le mot, une passion.

Le métier d’écrire en est une violente et presque indestructible.”

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“I have an object, a task, let me say the word, a passion.

The profession of writing is a violent and almost indestructible one.”

 

~ George Sand ~

 

Digitally enhanced image created from an original photo taken in Le cimetière du Père-Lachaise in Paris in May 2016.

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THE PERFECT CRIME

 

“The heart was made to be broken.”

 

~ Oscar Wilde ~

 

Digitally enhanced image created from an original photo taken in Le cimetière du Père-Lachaise in Paris in May 2016.

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LA FEMME RÊVANT

 

“To himself everyone is immortal;

he may know that he is going to die,

but he can never know that he is dead.”

 

~ Samuel Butler ~

 

Photo of a bronze statue on a grave (the author unfortunately neglected to note the name of the occupant) taken in Le cimetière du Père-Lachaise in Paris in May 2016.

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NO LOOKING GLASS

 

“After your death, you will be what you were before your birth.”

 

~ Arthur Schopenhauer ~

 

Photo taken in Le cimetière du Père-Lachaise in Paris in May 2016.

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NEVERMORE

…with apologies to Edgar…

 

Digitally enhanced image created from an original photo taken in Le cimetière du Père-Lachaise in Paris in May 2016.

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