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...car c'est le destin d'une femme. Long à force de patience et de silence, à attendre tel un fantôme sans voix. Jusqu'à ce qu'une voix interrompe ce silence.

— Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

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...for it is the date of a woman. Long to be patient and silent, to wait like a ghost that is speechless. Till some questioning voice dissolve the spell of its someone.

— Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

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And in despair I bowed my head; ‘There is no peace on earth,’ I said;

— Henry Wadsworth Longfellow