"Desire is the uneasiness a man finds in himself upon the absence of anything whose present enjoyment carries the idea of delight with it."

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Conversation as talent exists only in France. In other countries, conversation provides politeness, discussion, and friendship; in France, it is an art for which imagination and soul are certainly very welcome, but which can also provide its own secret remedies to compensate you for the absence of either or both, if you so desire.

— Madame de Stael