Free Urien's Voyage by André Gide Page A

a lie.
    I was afraid of shouting too loudly
    and destroying poetry
    if I had told the Truth,
    the Truth that must be heard;
    I preferred still to lie
    and to wait,—wait, wait … *
    La Roque, Summer, 1892.
    * In another place (Journal, 1930) Gide stated, “I write only for those who can read between the lines.” The turning away may refer to a crucial episode in the life of the author—his discovery that Madeleine, far from being serene and unapproachable, was apprehensive and in need of his protection; Madeleine, after discovering that her mother had a lover, suffered in silence. Gide took it upon himself to guide her, and have her share his interests in nature, literature and philosophy.

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