“Il y a des choses qui doivent rester secrètes. On dit que les femmes sont très fortes lorsqu'il s'agit de garder un secret, et je crois que c'est souvent vrai, mais une femme qui connait un peu la vie vous dira toujours qu'elle n'est jamais vraiment arrivée à lire dans le cœur d'un homme. Un cœur d'homme a un sol plus rocailleux. […] On y fait pousser ce qu'on peut… et on le soigne.”
Simetierre, 1983
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Despair is the price one pays for setting oneself an impossible aim. It is, one is told, the unforgivable sin, but it is a sin the corrupt or evil man never practises. He always has hope. He never reaches the freezing-point of knowing absolute failure. Only the man of goodwill carries always in his heart this capacity for damnation.
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Le Fond du problème (1948)
A propos de sa chanson « Monocle et col dur » sur l'album Irrésistible qui évoque les lesbiennes du début du XXe siècle.
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The courage it take for a woman to say yes is beyond anything I can imagine. A woman saying yes to a date with a man is litteraly insane, and ill-advised. And the whole species' existence count on them for doing it. How do women still go out with guys, when you consider the fact that there is no greater threat to women than men? Men are the number one threat! Globally and historically, men are the number one cause of injuries to women. We're the worst thing that ever happend to them. You know what our number one threat is? Heart diseases.
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Oh My God (2013)
“En secret je brûle, en secret je pleure,
Je suis la femme pashtoune qui ne peut dévoiler son amour.”
Le Suicide et le Chant, Quelques Landays

Letters of Two Brides (1841-1842)

Something traumatic happened to me when I was younger. I was with this old black woman, and she was very wise, very Alice Walker, The Color Purple… She looked at me and she says, "Baby…you know I used to be able to fly but I can't fly no more, baby. But baby, you...? You too fat to fly."
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Drunk with Power