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Quotation by Georges Bernanos
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"France Before the World of Tomorrow" The Last Essays of Georges Bernanos (1955)M. Olivier, in The Diary of a Country Priest (1936)Madame la Comtesse, in The Diary of a Country Priest (1936)The Curé de Torcy, in The Diary of a Country Priest (1936)The Diary of a Country Priest (1936)Related Subjects
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The world is eaten up by boredom.... You can't see it all at once. It is like dust. You go about and never notice, you breathe it in, you eat and drink it. It is sifted so fine, it doesn't even grit on your teeth. But stand still for an instant and there it is, coating your face and hands. To shake off this drizzle of ashes you must be for ever on the go. And so people are always "on the go."
Georges Bernanos (1888–1948), French novelist, political writer. The Diary of a Country Priest, ch. 1 (1936, trans. 1937).
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