“Everything, alas, is an abyss, — actions, desires, dreams,
Words!”

—  Charles Baudelaire, Le Gouffre

Hélas! tout est abîme, — action, désir, rêve,<br>Parole! <br class="br">&quot;Le Gouffre&quot; [The Abyss], Nouvelles Fleurs du Mal (1862) http://fr.wikisource.org/wiki/Le_Gouffre

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