« Denial of God denial of the devil
incapable of being guilty
you are beautiful
undeniable
You are beautiful like the sea and the earth
before human proliferation
And yet you are a woman
You are beautiful like the wind that cannot be seen
beautiful like the morning and the evening
You are beautiful and you are not the only one
You are beautiful among the beauties but in the swarm of beauties you are not the star
You are one of them
mine
and yet you do not belong to me
But you are the only desert island where I could live with you. »
(Jacques Prévert)