"Hélas! tout est abîme, — action, désir, rêve, Parole!"
— Charles Baudelaire

January 1, 1970

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Everything, alas, is an abyss, — actions, desires, dreams, Words! — "Le Gouffre" [The Abyss], Nouvelles Fleurs du Mal (1862)