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> [When I start a book, it's every day. There is no Saturday, no Sunday. It's every day, because if I stop one day, I'm afraid of losing the book and losing the energy.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ric-emmanuel-schmitt/when-i-start-a-book-it-s-every-day-there-is-no-saturday-no-sunday-it/)

[Eric-Emmanuel Schmitt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ric-emmanuel-schmitt/)

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## More by Éric-Emmanuel Schmitt

> [“E vinovat de adulter? Atunci e vinovat si de casatorie. Cum se poate merge in fata unui primar sau a unui preot pentru a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ric-emmanuel-schmitt/e-vinovat-de-adulter-atunci-e-vinovat-si-de-casatorie-cum-se-poate/)

[Éric-Emmanuel Schmitt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ric-emmanuel-schmitt/)

> [“Women are pleasing because they come to us wrapped in the catkin of an enigma and they cease to please when they lose their…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ric-emmanuel-schmitt/women-are-pleasing-because-they-come-to-us-wrapped-in-the-catkin-of/)

[Éric-Emmanuel Schmitt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ric-emmanuel-schmitt/)

> [ “Momo: \[reading Ibrahim's will\] This is my will and testament. I, Ibrahim Demirdji, hereby leave all my goods to Moses Schmitt, my son Momo… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ric-emmanuel-schmitt/momo-reading-ibrahim-s-will-this-is-my-will-and-testament-i-ibrahim/)

[Éric-Emmanuel Schmitt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ric-emmanuel-schmitt/)

> [“She had pronounced the words “New Books” with caution and regret, articulating them reluctantly, as if they were vulgar, even obscene words. As I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ric-emmanuel-schmitt/she-had-pronounced-the-words-new-books-with-caution-and-regret/)

[Éric-Emmanuel Schmitt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ric-emmanuel-schmitt/)

> [I am not married anymore. I hate marriage... but it's okay now.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ric-emmanuel-schmitt/i-am-not-married-anymore-i-hate-marriage-but-it-s-okay-now/)

[Eric-Emmanuel Schmitt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ric-emmanuel-schmitt/)

> [“Tu mourras par où tu as péché.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ric-emmanuel-schmitt/tu-mourras-par-o-tu-as-p-ch/)

[Éric-Emmanuel Schmitt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ric-emmanuel-schmitt/)

> [Everything in life can be tiring and tiresome if we don't have the ability to look at it as if it's the first time…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ric-emmanuel-schmitt/everything-in-life-can-be-tiring-and-tiresome-if-we-don-t-have-the/)

[Eric-Emmanuel Schmitt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ric-emmanuel-schmitt/)

> [“Les pensées sont des femmes, on les renifle, on les suit, on s'engrise et puis brusquement, le désir bifurque et l'on va voir ailleurs.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ric-emmanuel-schmitt/les-pens-es-sont-des-femmes-on-les-renifle-on-les-suit-on-s-engrise/)

[Eric-Emmanuel Schmitt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ric-emmanuel-schmitt/)

> [“All the highway is good for is to tell you to keep moving, there's nothing to see. That's for idiots who want to go…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ric-emmanuel-schmitt/all-the-highway-is-good-for-is-to-tell-you-to-keep-moving-there-s/)

[Eric-Emmanuel Schmitt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ric-emmanuel-schmitt/)

> [“What you give, Momo, is yours forever. What you keep is lost for all time.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ric-emmanuel-schmitt/what-you-give-momo-is-yours-forever-what-you-keep-is-lost-for-all-time/)

[Éric-Emmanuel Schmitt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ric-emmanuel-schmitt/)

> [I consider a house without books or a piano to be unfurnished.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ric-emmanuel-schmitt/i-consider-a-house-without-books-or-a-piano-to-be-unfurnished/)

[Eric-Emmanuel Schmitt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ric-emmanuel-schmitt/)

> [Balthazar Balsan is not a self-portrait. If he was, I'd have made the character more flattering.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ric-emmanuel-schmitt/balthazar-balsan-is-not-a-self-portrait-if-he-was-i-d-have-made-the/)

[Eric-Emmanuel Schmitt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ric-emmanuel-schmitt/)

> [“La souffrance physique on la subit, la souffrance morale on la choisit.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ric-emmanuel-schmitt/la-souffrance-physique-on-la-subit-la-souffrance-morale-on-la-choisit/)

[Éric-Emmanuel Schmitt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ric-emmanuel-schmitt/)

> [“Szczęście, którego wyczekujemy, potrafi zburzyć to, które właśnie przeżywamy”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ric-emmanuel-schmitt/szcz-cie-kt-rego-wyczekujemy-potrafi-zburzy-to-kt-re-w-a-nie-prze/)

[Éric-Emmanuel Schmitt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ric-emmanuel-schmitt/)

> [“No, you're mistaken. Not 'What filthy weather' but 'It's a fine rainy day.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ric-emmanuel-schmitt/no-you-re-mistaken-not-what-filthy-weather-but-it-s-a-fine-rainy-day/)

[Eric-Emmanuel Schmitt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ric-emmanuel-schmitt/)

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