There is no such thing as an ideal man. The ideal man is the man you love at the moment. — Francoise Sagan Copy Share Image
The one thing I regret is that I will never have time to read all the books I want to read. — Francoise Sagan Copy Share Image
He lifted me up and held me close against him, my head on his shoulder. At that moment I loved him. In… — Francoise Sagan Copy Share Image
Much of the time life is a sort of rhythmic progression of three characters. If one tells oneself that life is like… — Francoise Sagan Copy Share Image
There is a certain age when a woman must be beautiful to be loved, and then there comes a time when she… — Francoise Sagan Copy Share Image
Passion is the salt of life, and that at the times when we are under its spell this salt is indispensable to… — Francoise Sagan Copy Share Image
There are moments when you feel trapped, ill at ease. A year later the same feeling can turn out to be the… — Francoise Sagan Copy Share Image
No one ever has time to examine himself honestly, and most people look no further than their neighbors' eyes, in which they… — Francoise Sagan Copy Share Image
Every time I see a film about Joan of Arc I'm convinced she'll get away with it. It's the only way to… — Francoise Sagan Copy Share Image
Art must take reality by surprise. It takes those moments which are for us merely a moment, plus a moment, plus another… — Francoise Sagan Copy Share Image
“Whenever he had spoken of love, she had spoken of love's brief duration. 'A year, or even two months from now, you… — Françoise Sagan Copy Share Image
It is healthier to see the good points of others than to analyze our own bad ones. — Francoise Sagan Copy Share
“Every little girl knows about love. It is only her capacity to suffer from it that increases.” — Francoise Sagan Copy Share
Writing is just having a sheet of paper, a pen and not a shadow of an idea of what you are going to say. — Francoise Sagan Copy Share
“Nicole had put on weight. This is the effect which, in three cases out of four, unhappiness has upon women. The process of eating… — Françoise Sagan Copy Share
“We always want someone we've treated badly to be gay. It's less upsetting.” — Françoise Sagan Copy Share
A love affair based on jealousy is doomed from the start ... It is certanly a sign of love, but it's a sign that… — Francoise Sagan Copy Share
“There is a certain kind of stupidity reserved for women's dealings with men.” — Françoise Sagan Copy Share
Life has confirmed for me the thoughts and impressions I had when I was 18, as if it was all intuition. — Francoise Sagan Copy Share
It would be bad form for me to describe people I don't know and don't understand. — Francoise Sagan Copy Share
“She said she didn't love him, and he said it didn't matter, and the poverty of their words brought tears to their eyes.” — Françoise Sagan Copy Share
Art must take reality by surprise. It takes those moments which are for us merely a moment, plus a moment, plus another moment, and… — Francoise Sagan Copy Share
