Pascal Quignard

The relationship of Florent Seinece and his wife, Isabelle, is irretrievably altered by a brief dalliance with Charles Chenogne, and Florent loses both his wife and the most important friend of his life

The Salon in Württemberg

Jasmine 

And Luise, at fourteen, decided she was a romantic and that nocturnes and transcendental or appassionata études could only be played by candle light

We’d met each other, but affection soon forgets the chance that presides over meetings, and if it’s true affection, forgets forever the impersonal aspect of the most irreplaceable friendships

a strong opening line for Real Housewives 

Morning is a boat without oarsmen washed up on the shore of the day. And there I am. And to tell the truth, by noon it’s a question of oars without a boat.

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