Leopold & Bonaparte

The two men of my life, and the poetry, politics, music, and infinite glasses of wine we've shared

“Le luxe, ce n’est pas le contraire de la pauvreté, mais de la vulgarité.”
—    Gabrielle Chanel

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When I’m grown up…

Un beau roman, c’est une belle histoire. Pour toi, N. Et pour moi.- P.L.

Un beau roman, c’est une belle histoire.

Pour toi, N. Et pour moi.
- P.L.

“She never utters a sound even when she’s crying, and that makes me a little sad. Doesn’t seem right. When you cry, people should hear you. The world should stop.”
—   Libba Bray

Fallait-il que l’on s’aime et qu’on aime la vie.

Pour toi, N.
- P.L.

Pour être irremplaçable, il faut être différente.

- Gabrielle Chanel

May 10th, 2013: The two companies that make vaccines against cervical cancer, Merck and GlaxoSmithKline, announced that they would cut their prices to the world’s poorest countries below $5 a dose, eventually making it possible for millions of girls to be protected against a major cancer killer.The disease kills an estimated 275,000 women a year in poor countries where Pap tests are impractical and the vaccine far too expensive for the average woman to afford.

May 10th, 2013:

The two companies that make vaccines against cervical cancer, Merck and GlaxoSmithKline, announced that they would cut their prices to the world’s poorest countries below $5 a dose, eventually making it possible for millions of girls to be protected against a major cancer killer.

The disease kills an estimated 275,000 women a year in poor countries where Pap tests are impractical and the vaccine far too expensive for the average woman to afford.


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Time and time again I said I’d leave you.

Growing old is going to be easy with all the tea parties we’re going to come up with. They’ll be themed. We won’t feel any pain.


- N.M.M. to P.L., May 28th 2013.