“The worst kind of pain is when you're smiling just to stop the tears from falling.”
“The earth does not stop turning, because you are unhappy, as well swallowing your tears and smiling, even if the pain is still burning.”
Chronicle "Interdit aux hommes" (Forbidden to men), by Doris Veillette-Hamel, Journal Le Nouvelliste, January 8, 1972, page 11.
Chronicle "Forbidden to men", 1972
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