| The Columbia World of Quotations. 1996. |
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| NUMBER: | 5834 |
| QUOTATION: | As a small child, I felt in my heart two contradictory feelings, the horror of life and the ecstasy of life. |
| ATTRIBUTION: | Charles Baudelaire (18211867), French poet, critic. My Heart Laid Bare, LV (1887). |
| BIOGRAPHY: | Columbia Encyclopedia. |
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| | | The Columbia World of Quotations. Copyright © 1996 Columbia University Press. |
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