A weathered hand mirror wrapped in red wool lies with a loose strand curling upward.

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Monsieur Ouine, 1943

Georges Bernanos

There’s no hatred that can ever be satisfied either in this world or the next, and the hatred that one has for oneself is probably the one for which there is no forgiveness.

Behind the line

What it means

Our interpretation.

The speaker presents hatred as something that cannot be satisfied, then singles out self-hatred as perhaps the kind that cannot be forgiven. That second claim makes the passage darker. Turning hatred inward appears to close off the release or reconciliation that forgiveness might otherwise offer.

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