“I have always been astonished that women are allowed to enter churches. What talk can they have with God?”

—  Charles Baudelaire

J'ai toujours été étonné qu'on laissât les femmes entrer dans les églises. Quelle conversation peuvent-elles avoir avec Dieu?
Journaux intimes (1864–1867; published 1887), Mon cœur mis à nu (1864)

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J'ai toujours été étonné qu'on laissât les femmes entrer dans les églises. Quelle conversation peuvent-elles avoir avec Dieu?

Journaux intimes (1864–1867; published 1887), Mon cœur mis à nu (1864)

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