"The Louvre is a morgue; you go there to identify your friends."
"One of the characteristics of the dream is that nothing surprises us in it. With no regret, we agree to live in it with strangers, completely cut off from our habits and friends."
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Source: La Difficulté d'Etre ('The Difficulty of Being'). Book by Jean Cocteau, 1947.
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