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For what are we looking for if not to please? I do not know if the desire to attract others comes from a superabundance of vitality, possessiveness, or the hidden, unspoken need to be reassured.

Francoise Sagan

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Francoise Sagan
Age: 69 †
Born: 1935
Born: June 21
Died: 2004
Died: September 24
Biographer
Film Director
Novelist
Playwright
Screenwriter
Writer
9th arrondissement
Paris
Françoise Quoirez
Sagan
Françoise
Francoise Sagan
Françoise Delphine Quoirez
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Vitality
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Superabundance
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Possessiveness
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Unspoken
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Attract

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