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People speak because they are afraid of silence. They speak mechanically whether aloud or to themselves. They are intoxicated by this vocal gruel that ensnares every object and every being. They talk about rain and fine weather; they talk about money, about love, about nothing. And even when they are talking about their most exalted love, they use words uttered a hundred times, threadbare phrases.
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(...) the translator of prose is the slave of the author and the translator of poetry is his rival.
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The fatal mistake we make is looking for a paradise that endures...This obsession with what lasts causes us to overlook many a fleeting paradise.
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I wish my deadly foe, no worse Than want of friends, and empty purse.
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Andreï Makine
Born:
September 10, 1957
(age 67)
Bio:
Andreï Sergeyevich Makine is a Russian-born French novelist. He also publishes under the pseudonym Gabriel Osmonde. Makine's novels include Dreams of My Russian Summers which won two top French awards, the Prix Goncourt and the Prix Médicis.
Known for:
Dreams of My Russian Summers (1995)
Once Upon the River Love (1998)
The Woman Who Waited (2006)
A Life's Music (2002)
The Life of an Unknown Man (2010)
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