Camille Claudel
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I do as Monsieur Rodin does.
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And what does Monsieur Rodin do?
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This may surprise you,
but I almost became a monk.

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I was young.
My older sister...

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...Maria, whom I adored...
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...became a nun...
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after a promise of marriage
fell through...

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She died of grief.
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After her death
I entered the monastery.

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I began leading her life.
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To my surprise, my Confessor
asked me to do his portrait.

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By making me sculpt,
he brought me back to life.

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To my life, I mean.
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It's a miracle that...
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...he recognized the difference
between grief and a vocation.

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No doubt...
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I think I'd do the same thing.
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You?
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You'd become a nun?
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I would stop...
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What arrogance!
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From whom do you get it?
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Camille is not arrogant.
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She just won't settle for less...
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than she thinks she deserves.
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When she's violent...
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it's only because she's impassioned.
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As a child...
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...she used to model
human skeletons out of clay.

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Then she'd bake them in the oven.
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And she'd forget to eat and sleep.
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It was amazing.
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When she's touchy...
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it's because she's uncompromising.
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Monsieur Rodin must have
realized this.

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Isn't that so,
Monsieur Rodin?

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Ah, temperament!
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Where do we get our temperament?

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