Ah! my friend, for whomever is alone, without a god and without a master, the weight of time is terrible. One must then choose a m...aster, God being out of style.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
The prince exults whomever he selects as his consort, but the queen, rather than elevating the subject of her choice, humiliates h...im as a man. By all that is right, a man is not intended to be the husband of his wife, but a woman is to be her husband's wife.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
The old men of the village of Mahotière say that the Mistress of the Water is a mulatto woman. At midnight she comes out of the s...pring and sings while combing her dripping long hair, which makes a sound sweeter than a violin. It is a song of perdition for whomever hears it. There is no sign of the Cross, no "Our Father" to save him. Her curse takes him like a fish in a net and the Mistress of the Water awaits him on the edge of the spring and smiles upon him and tells him to follow her to the depths, from which he will never return.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
To whomever gives a kiss or a blow Render a kiss or blow... But to whomever gives when you are unable to return Offer all the hatred in your heart For you were slaves and he enslaves youLESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
Woe to whomever laughs once and gets used to it because life's treacherousness knows no bounds and when she bestows gifts on you w...ith one hand, she then steps on you with both feet and sends after you that crazy woman, bad luck; it bites at you and tears at you and flings your flesh to the crows.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
When he bit that bud of her lower lip,... she started, shook a finger, arched her brow, and hissed, "Leave me alone, you fool," her eyes narrowing into slits. Whoever kisses such a haughty woman wins the drink of immortality. Those idiot gods churned the ocean for nothing.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
The anguish of the neurotic individual is the same as that of the saint. The neurotic, the saint are engaged in the same battle. T...heir blood flows from similar wounds. But the first one gasps and the other one gives.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »