Cette citation est extraite du roman 'Le Grand Meaulnes' d'Alain-Fournier, publié en 1913. Elle est prononcée par le personnage d'Yvonne de Galais.
"Leave today. However sincere the heart's surrenders may be, one always keeps something back; I have kept eight days of your life for myself. For eight days, you will belong only to me, from one Sunday to another."