What is writing, no matter how lavish the pieces, if it says nothing of the truth, cares little for the heart, and… — Muriel Barbery Brilliance Copy Share Image
There's so much humanity in a love of trees, so much nostalgia for our first sense of wonder, so much power in… — Muriel Barbery Feelings Copy Share Image
Tasting is an act of pleasure and writing about that pleasure is an artistic gesture, but the only true work of art,… — Muriel Barbery Art Copy Share Image
...I am an anomaly in the system, living proof of how grotesque it is, and every day I mock it gently, deep… — Muriel Barbery Anomalies Copy Share Image
So if there is something on the planet that is worth living for, I'd better not miss it, because once you're dead,… — Muriel Barbery Copy Share Image
“humans live in a world where it’s words and not deeds that have power, where the ultimate skill is mastery of language.” — Muriel Barbery Language Copy Share Image
We never look beyond our assumptions and what's worse, we have given up trying to meet others; we just meet ourselves. — Muriel Barbery Assumption Copy Share Image
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But many intelligent people have a sort of bug: they think intelligence is an end in itself. They have one idea in… — Muriel Barbery Bugs Copy Share Image
“Apparently, now and again adults take the time to sit down and contemplate what a disaster their life is. They complain without… — Muriel Barbery Adults Copy Share Image
“I thought I had found my calling, I thought I'd understood that in order to heal, I could heal others, or at… — Muriel Barbery Copy Share Image
“I take the measure of the ridiculous, superfluous cats who wander through our lives with all the placidity and indifference of an… — Muriel Barbery Cats Copy Share Image
Beauty consists of its own passing, just as we reach for it. It’s the ephemeral configuration of things in the moment, when… — Muriel Barbery Alive Copy Share Image
In our world, that's the way you live your grown-up life: you must constantly rebuild your identity as an adult, the way… — Muriel Barbery Adults Copy Share Image
“The pathways of hell are hardly foreign; we shall end up there one day if we tarry too long. From a passageway… — Muriel Barbery Copy Share Image
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“Like Okakura, I know that tea is no minor beverage. When tea becomes ritual, it takes its place at the heart of… — Muriel Barbery Autumn leaves Copy Share Image
“The problem is that children believe what adults say and once they're adults themselves they exact their revenge by deceiving their own… — Muriel Barbery Children Copy Share Image
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“There is always the easy way out, although I am loath to use it. I have no children, I do not watch… — Muriel Barbery Believe in god Copy Share Image
I have read so many books. And yet, like most Autodidacts, I am never quite sure of what I have gained from… — Muriel Barbery Copy Share Image
“For anyone who wants to understand the art of storytelling, this film [The Hunt for Red October] should suffice; one wonders why… — Muriel Barbery Art Copy Share Image
“... we absolutely mustn't forget it. We mustn't forget old people with their rotten bodies, old people who are so close to… — Muriel Barbery Aging Copy Share Image
“Truth loves nothing better than simplicity of truth: that is the lesson Columbe Josse ought to have learned from her medieval readings.… — Muriel Barbery Civil servants Copy Share Image
Yes, our eyes may perceive, yet they do not observe; they may believe, yet they do not question; they may receive yet… — Muriel Barbery Copy Share Image
As always, I am saved by the inability of living creatures to believe anything that might cause the walls of their little… — Muriel Barbery Assumption Copy Share Image
Madame Michel has the elegance of the hedgehog: on the outside she is covered in quills, a real fortress, but my gut… — Muriel Barbery Beauty Copy Share Image
When tea becomes ritual, it takes its place at the heart of our ability to see greatness in small things. Where is… — Muriel Barbery Ability Copy Share Image
We don't recognize each other because other people have become our permanent mirrors. If we actually realized this, if we were able… — Muriel Barbery Copy Share Image
This morning I understand what it means to die: when we disappear, it is the others who die for us, for here… — Muriel Barbery Care Copy Share Image
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Pastries . . . can only be appreciated to the full extent of their subtlety when they are not eaten to assuage… — Muriel Barbery Copy Share Image
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“I have finally concluded, maybe that's what life is about: there's a lot of despair, but also the odd moment of beauty,… — Muriel Barbery Beauty Copy Share Image
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“I despise this false lucidity that comes with age. The truth is that they are just like everyone else: nothing more than… — Muriel Barbery Copy Share Image
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Some people are incapable of perceiving in the object of their contemplation the very thing that gives it its intrinsic life and… — Muriel Barbery Contemplation Copy Share Image
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