“All my life my heart has yearned for a thing I cannot name.” andre breton”

— André Breton

Variant: All my life, my heart has yearned for a thing I cannot name.
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French writer 1896–1966

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“Because it is my name! Because I cannot have another in my life! Because I lie and sign myself to lies! Because I am not worth the dust on the feet of them that hang! How may I live without my name? I have given you my soul; leave me my name!”

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