Maryse Choisy - Quotes

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  • « Mon héroïne s’appelle Cécile, comme tout le monde. Je ne vous dirai pas son autre nom. Cécile existe. Vous la connaissez. Il serait incorrect de la mettre à poil. D’ailleurs, quand une femme se marie, elle change de nom. Donc, le seul qui compte est son prénom ».
    • My heroine is called Cecile, like everybody else. I won't tell you her other name. Cecile exists. You know her. It would be rude to strip her naked. Besides, when a woman gets married, she changes her surname. So the only thing that counts is her first name.
  • « Si Cécile ne se fut jamais égarée dans les sentiers de Lesbos, son âme n’eût point été arc-en-ciel. Son âme est un arc-en-ciel ».
    • If Cecile had never wandered down the paths of Lesbos, her soul would not have been a rainbow at all. Her soul is a rainbow.
  • « Elle aima les femmes pour l’amour de l’homme. Toutes celles qui plurent à Jean, toutes celles qui convoitèrent Jean eurent Cécile ».
    • She loved women for the love of man. All the women that John liked, all the women who coveted John, had Cecile.
  • « Ami lecteur, comme vous êtes très intelligent, - puisque vous me lisez -».
    • Reader, my friend, as you are an intelligent person - since you are reading me - ...
  • « Maintenant, je veux être moi. Delteil est un bouffeur de « moi » Adieu, Delteil ! ».
    • Now, I want to be me. Delteil is a "me"-eater. Farewell, Delteil !

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