“My hand feels touched as well as it touches; reality says this, and nothing more.”
Original: (fr) Ma main se sent touchée aussi bien qu’elle touche ; réel veut dire cela, et rien de plus.
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French poet, essayist, and philosopher 1871–1945Related quotes
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