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" Sometimes bleak is good. Sometimes bleak is necessary. Some part of life is always bleak. "
Claire Denis
Always
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Sometimes
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" I've experienced love and ambition and desire in my life, but never in the same way as in a family. "
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" My mother's father was from Brazil - a painter, and not a famous one - and was always broke. But he was a free spirit, a great grandfather. "
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