I would give up the unessential; I would give my money, I would give my life for my children; but I wouldn't give myself.

Perhaps it is better to wake up after all, even to suffer, rather than to remain a dupe to illusions all one's life.

Have you ever heard the earth breath?

The city atmosphere certainly has improved her. Some way she doesn't seem like the same woman.

The delicious breath of rain was in the air.

There are some people who leave impressions not so lasting as the imprint of an oar upon the water.

She missed him the days when some pretext served to take him away from her, just as one misses the sun on a cloudy day without having thought much about the sun when it was shining.