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As a child, I was saner
and more clever than the others.
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They never forgave me.
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I had to be like them,
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talk like them.
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"Head up, Pierre-Francois!
Look at me!
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Eyes down!"
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They crammed my mind
with books.
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Old books.
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So much dust in a child's head.
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A fine youth!
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Mother favored my stupid brother.
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My confessor said,
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"You are too proud.
Withdraw into yourself."
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So I withdrew into myself.
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And there I remained.
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Left alone with myself
to avoid dubious company!
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The fools!
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But what a splendid destiny!
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To love no one, to be alone.
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To be loved by no one.
To be free.
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True, I love no one.
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Not even you, Garance.
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But you are the only woman
for whom I have no contempt.
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I don't love you either.
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How fortunate!
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Then why these daily visits?
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Because I don't demand
what other men do?
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- You're no coquette. So why?
- I'm bored.
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Do I amuse you?
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Yes, all this talk.
It's like a play.
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It's entertaining and soothing.
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You don't take me seriously.
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If I were vain,
I'd be deeply offended.
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But I have no vanity, only pride.
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And I have total confidence
in myself!
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I'm a thief by need,
a murderer by calling.
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My road is charted out.
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I'll walk with my head high
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until it drops into the basket.
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My father said,
"You'll end up on the guillotine."