Jean Lorrain Quotes
One Encounters In The Streets, Late At Night On The Evenings Of Fetes, The Most Strange And Bizarre Passers-by. Do These Nights Of Popular Celebration Cause Ancient And Forgotten Avatars To Stir In The Depths Of The Human Soul? This Evening, In The Movement Of The Sweaty And Excited Crowd, I Am Certain That I Passed Between The Masks Of The Liberated Bythinians And Encountered The Courtesans Of The Roman Decadence.
There Emerged, This Evening, From That Swarming Esplanade Of Des Invalides - Amid The Crackle Of Fireworks, The Shooting Stars, The Stink Of Frying, The Hiccuping Of Drunkards And The Reeking Atmosphere Of Menageries - The Wild Effusions Of One Of Nero's Festivals.
It Was Like The Odour Of A May Evening On The Basso-Porto Of Naples. It Was Easy To Believe That The Faces In That Crowd Were Sicilian.
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