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The Necklace and Other Stories: Maupassant for Modern Times QUOTES

1 " I had kissed her at odd times, in out of the way corners, in the manner of a mountain guide, nothing more. "

― Guy de Maupassant , The Necklace and Other Stories: Maupassant for Modern Times

2 " She was simple, not being able to adorn herself, but she was unhappy, as one out of her class; for women belong to no caste, no race, their grace, their beauty and their charm serving them in place of birth and family. Their inborn finesse, their instinctive elegance, their suppleness of wit, are their only aristocracy, making some daughters of the people the equal of great ladies. "

― Guy de Maupassant , The Necklace and Other Stories: Maupassant for Modern Times

3 " What do you want?" he then asked her. And with clenched teeth, and trembling with anger, she replied: "I want--I want you to marry me, as you promised." But he only laughed and replied: "Oh! if a man were to marry all the girls with whom he has made a slip, he would have more than enough to do. "

― Guy de Maupassant , The Necklace and Other Stories: Maupassant for Modern Times

4 " She stayed there, in her ball dress, without strength to go to bed, overwhelmed, on a chair, without a fire, without a thought. "

― Guy de Maupassant , The Necklace and Other Stories: Maupassant for Modern Times

5 " How strange life is, how fickle! How little is needed for one to be ruined or saved! "

― Guy de Maupassant , The Necklace and Other Stories: Maupassant for Modern Times