"Night was a very different matter. It was……" — Guy de Maupassant
"Night was a very different matter. It was dense, thicker than the very walls, and it was empty, so black, so immense that within it you could brush against appalling things and feel roaming and prowling around a strange, mysterious horror."
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Guy de Maupassant
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70 Quotes by Guy de Maupassant
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You must render: never report.
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The essence of life is the smile of round female bottoms, under the shadow of cosmic boredom.
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I entered literary life as a meteor, and I shall leave it like a thunderbolt.
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To lie about a far country is easy
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