"La vie est une longue blessure qui s'endort rarement et ne se guérit jamais."
— George Sand

January 1, 1970

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Life is a long ache which rarely sleeps and can never be cured. — Letter to Pierre-François Bocage, (23 February 1845), published in Georges Lubin (ed.) Correspondance (Paris: Garnier Freres, 1964-95) vol. 6, p. 807; André Maurois (trans. Gerard Hopkins) Lélia: The Life of George Sand (New York: Harper, 1954) p. 292.