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Alain-Fournier was the pseudonym of Henri-Alban Fournier , a French author and soldier. He was the author of a single novel, Le Grand Meaulnes , which has been twice filmed and is considered a classic of French literature. Wikipedia  

✵ 3. October 1886 – 22. September 1914
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Alain-Fournier Quotes

“Who can say what obscure forces were then at work in a heart that had never been tamed? I was to ask myself that question over and over before I knew the answer — and then it was too late. Some secret remorse? Some unaccountable sorrow? Fear of seeing this incomparable happiness slip away from his grasp? And in that case, some terrible temptation to smash at once, and irrevocably, this rare treasure he had won …”

Alain-Fournier book Le Grand Meaulnes

Source: Le Grand Meaulnes (1913), Ch. 9.

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