Henri Barbusse Quote

Afterwards they did as the others had done, as human beings always do, as they themselves would do many times again in the strange future — they sat with their eyes half-closed and the same uneasy look of shame and terror in them as Amy and her lover.
But these two required no artificial stimulus for their love. They had no need of the night. And they felt no culpability. They were two grand young creatures, driven together naturally by the very force of their love, and their ardour cleansed everything, like fire. They were innocent. They had no regrets and felt no remorse. They thought they were united.


The Inferno (1917) - Ch. XV


Afterwards they did as the others had done, as human beings always do, as they themselves would do many times again in the strange future — they...

Afterwards they did as the others had done, as human beings always do, as they themselves would do many times again in the strange future — they...

Afterwards they did as the others had done, as human beings always do, as they themselves would do many times again in the strange future — they...

Afterwards they did as the others had done, as human beings always do, as they themselves would do many times again in the strange future — they...