"As soon as she comes in, she stares at me through her lorgnette, whose gold handle is linked by a small chain to a delicate bracelet of rubies."
--From André Gide's journal entry on January 1, 1906, describing the Princess de Broglie.
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"How does it feel
To be on your own
No direction to go
Like some complete unknown
Like a rolling stone"
--Bob Dylan