But he asked himself now if he would not be disobeying God.… - Guy de Maupassant

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But he asked himself now if he would not be disobeying God. And does not God permit love, since He surrounds it with such visible splendor?

Guy de Maupassant

The Complete Short Stories of Guy de Maupassant, Part One · March 1, 2005 Verified in 1 source Sign up to see the complete provenance

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About Guy de Maupassant

Henri-René-Albert-Guy de Maupassant (5 August 1850 – 6 July 1893) was a popular 19th-century French writer, one of the fathers of the modern short story.

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Pen Names: Joseph Prunier • Guy de Valmont • Maufrigneuse

Alternative Names: Henri René Albert Guy de Maupassant • Henri Rene Albert Guy de Maupassant • Maupassant

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Love means the body, the soul, the life, the entire being. We feel love as we feel the warmth of our blood, we breathe love as we breathe air, we hold it in ourselves as we hold our thoughts. Nothing more exists for us.

"I entered literary life as a meteor, and I shall leave it like a thunderbolt."

[As quoted in Pol Neveux's introduction, Guy De Maupassant: A Study]

Elle se sentait en même temps indignée contre tous ses voisins, et humiliée d'avoir cedé, souillée par les baisers de ce Prussien entre les bras duquel on l'avait hypocritement jetée.

But he asked himself now if he would not be disobeying God. And does not God permit love, since He surrounds it with such visible splendor? - Guy de Maupassant

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