What is an adult? A child blown up by age.
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Alas, after a certain age every man is responsible for his face.
People don’t love each other at our age, Marthe—they please each other, that’s all. Later on, when you’re old and impotent, you can love someone. At our age, you just think you do. That’s all it is.
By comparison with a passionate age, an age without passion gains in scope what is loses in intensity.
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