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where are these lines from?

posted 17 years ago by eishsdhana
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"He belonged to his own life and the turn of goodness
would have taken longer to recreate than a star.
The loved one who came without my ever hoping he would,
has not come back and never will again."

[–] idicton 17 years ago

Well, I'm not sure but he was reading a book of poems of Rimbaud.

[–] melmothwandering 17 years ago

It is a rather loose translation of Rimbaud's prose piece, The Deserts of Love, a clear influence on the film. It can be read in English translation <a href="http://hollytannen.com/play/Deserts.htm">here</a>;, but if by any chance you read French here is the <a href="http://www.mag4.net/Rimbaud/poesies/Femme.html">original.</a>;