To read a writer is for me not merely to get an idea of wha… - André Gide

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To read a writer is for me not merely to get an idea of what he says, but to go off with him and travel in his company.

André Gide

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About André Gide

André Paul Guillaume Gide (22 November 1869 – 19 February 1951) was a French author and winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1947.

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Alternative Names: André Paul Guillaume Gide • Andre Gide • Andre Paul Guillaume Gide

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Acum am înţeles cum te poţi distra la recepţiile mondene: observînd cît de ridicoli sunt cei din jur.

Que toute émotion sache te devenir une ivresse. Si ce que tu manges ne te grise pas, c'est que tu n'avais pas assez faim.

I had forgotten I was alone; I sat there, waiting for nothing, oblivious to the time.