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„Ein erlaubter Kuss ist niemals soviel wert wie ein gestohlener.“

—  Guy De Maupassant, buch Confessions d'une femme

Die Beichte einer Frau (Confessions d'une femme) in Vater Milon und andere Erzählungen (Le père Milon) , vgl. gutenberg.spiegel.de http://gutenberg.spiegel.de/buch/vater-milon-und-andere-erzahlungen-2528/13
(Original frz.: Un baiser légal ne vaut jamais un baiser volé.) maupassant.free.fr http://maupassant.free.fr/textes/confess4.html

„Diese Liebe ist etwas unwiderstehliches, zerstörerisches geworden, stärker als der Tod.“

—  Guy De Maupassant, buch Like Death

Stark wie der Tod (Fort comme la mort), Teil 2, Kap. VI, vgl. gutenberg.spiegel.de http://gutenberg.spiegel.de/buch/stark-wie-der-tod-2516/1 - Nach der Bibel, Hohelied 8,6: "Denn Liebe ist stark wie der Tod und Leidenschaft unwiderstehlich wie das Totenreich."
(Original frz.: cet amour est devenu quelque chose d'irrésistible, de destructeur, de plus fort que la mort.) maupassant.free.fr http://maupassant.free.fr/fort/fortc.htm

„Es gibt nur eine gute Sache im Leben, und das ist Liebe.“

—  Guy De Maupassant

„Ich kann nicht mehr wollen, aber jemand will für mich und ich gehorche.“

—  Guy De Maupassant, buch Der Horla

Der Horla (Le Horla), Version von 1887 gutenberg.spiegel.de http://gutenberg.spiegel.de/buch/2518/1
(Original frz.: "Je ne peux plus vouloir ; mais quelqu'un veut pour moi ; et j'obéis.") maupassant.free.fr http://maupassant.free.fr/textes/horla2.html

„Unsere Erinnerung ist eine vollkommenere Welt als das Universum: sie gibt denjenigen Leben zurück, die nicht mehr existieren.“

—  Guy De Maupassant

„Worte blenden und täuschen, weil sie vom Gesicht nachgeahmt werden. Aber schwarze Worte auf einer weißen Seite entblößen die Seele.“

—  Guy De Maupassant

„Ich glaube, daß durch das Gefühl dem Geist einer Frau alles offenbar wird, nur bleibt es oft nicht darin haften.“

—  Guy De Maupassant, buch Unser Herz

Unser einsames Herz (Notre cœur), 1. Teil, Kap. I gutenberg.spiegel.de http://gutenberg.spiegel.de/buch/unser-herz-2533/1
(Original frz.: Je crois que le sentiment […] peut faire tout entrer dans l'esprit d'une femme ; seulement ça n'y reste pas souvent.) maupassant.free.fr http://maupassant.free.fr/coeur/coeurc.htm

„Our memory is a more perfect world than the universe: it gives back life to those who no longer exist.“

—  Guy De Maupassant, buch Suicides

"Suicides"

„Words dazzle and deceive because they are mimed by the face. But black words on a white page are the soul laid bare.“

—  Guy De Maupassant

„There is only one good thing in life, and that is love.“

—  Guy De Maupassant, The Complete Short Stories of de Maupassant

"The Love of Long Ago"
Quelle: The Complete Short Stories of de Maupassant
Kontext: There is only one good thing in life, and that is love. And how you misunderstand it! how you spoil it! You treat it as something solemn like a sacrament, or something to be bought, like a dress.

„The anguish of suspense made men even desire the arrival of the enemy.“

—  Guy De Maupassant, buch Boule de Suif

Boule de Suif (1880)
Kontext: Life seemed to have stopped short; the shops were shut, the streets deserted. Now and then an inhabitant, awed by the silence, glided swiftly by in the shadow of the walls. The anguish of suspense made men even desire the arrival of the enemy.

„The same thing happens whenever the established order of things is upset, when security no longer exists, when all those rights usually protected by the law of man or of Nature are at the mercy of unreasoning, savage force.“

—  Guy De Maupassant, buch Boule de Suif

Boule de Suif (1880)
Kontext: The same thing happens whenever the established order of things is upset, when security no longer exists, when all those rights usually protected by the law of man or of Nature are at the mercy of unreasoning, savage force. The earthquake crushing a whole nation under falling roofs; the flood let loose, and engulfing in its swirling depths the corpses of drowned peasants, along with dead oxen and beams torn from shattered houses; or the army, covered with glory, murdering those who defend themselves, making prisoners of the rest, pillaging in the name of the Sword, and giving thanks to God to the thunder of cannon — all these are appalling scourges, which destroy all belief in eternal justice, all that confidence we have been taught to feel in the protection of Heaven and the reason of man.

„For several days in succession fragments of a defeated army had passed through the town.“

—  Guy De Maupassant, buch Boule de Suif

Boule de Suif (1880)
Kontext: For several days in succession fragments of a defeated army had passed through the town. They were mere disorganized bands, not disciplined forces. The men wore long, dirty beards and tattered uniforms; they advanced in listless fashion, without a flag, without a leader. All seemed exhausted, worn out, incapable of thought or resolve, marching onward merely by force of habit, and dropping to the ground with fatigue the moment they halted.

„The girl was one of those pretty and charming young creatures who sometimes are born, as if by a slip of fate, into a family of clerks.“

—  Guy De Maupassant

Variant translation:
She was one of those pretty and charming girls, born by a blunder of destiny in a family of employees. She had no dowry, no expectations, no means of being known, understood, loved, married by a man rich and distinguished; and she let them make a match for her with a little clerk in the Department of Education.
La Parure (The Necklace) (1884)
Kontext: The girl was one of those pretty and charming young creatures who sometimes are born, as if by a slip of fate, into a family of clerks. She had no dowry, no expectations, no way of being known, understood, loved, married by any rich and distinguished man; so she let herself be married to a little clerk of the Ministry of Public Instruction.

„Love is always love, come whence it may.“

—  Guy De Maupassant

"Miss Harriet"
Kontext: Love is always love, come whence it may. A heart that beats at your approach, an eye that weeps when you go away are things so rare, so sweet, so precious that they must never be despised.

„At the end of a short time, once the first terror had subsided, calm was again restored.“

—  Guy De Maupassant, buch Boule de Suif

Boule de Suif (1880)
Kontext: At the end of a short time, once the first terror had subsided, calm was again restored. In many houses the Prussian officer ate at the same table with the family. He was often well-bred, and, out of politeness, expressed sympathy with France and repugnance at being compelled to take part in the war. This sentiment was received with gratitude; besides, his protection might be needful some day or other.

„A sick thought can devour the body's flesh more than fever or consumption.“

—  Guy De Maupassant, Le Horla et autres contes fantastiques

Quelle: Le Horla et autres contes fantastiques

„Solitude is indeed dangerous for a working intelligence. We need to have around us people who think and speak. When we are alone for a long time we people the void with phantoms“

—  Guy De Maupassant, Le Horla et autres contes fantastiques

Quelle: Le Horla et autres contes fantastiques

„The kiss itself is immortal. It travels from lip to lip, century to century, from age to age. Men and women garner these kisses, offer them to others and then die in turn.“

—  Guy De Maupassant, The Complete Short Stories of Guy de Maupassant, Part One

Quelle: The Complete Short Stories of Guy de Maupassant, Part One