“A car can massage organs which no masseur can reach. It is the one remedy for the disorders of the great sympathetic nervous system. … The craving for opium can be endured in a car.”

— Jean Cocteau

Opium (1929)

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French poet, novelist, dramatist, designer, boxing manager … 1889–1963

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