In my opinion what distinguishes the Bible from the other books is its sense of time. Its first concern is to establish a calendar. Then it traces a genealogy. It imposes rhythms, it orders, it operates, it does not abandon… — Adrienne Monnier Copy Share Image
One attacks those who possess things that one does not possess. The attack is all the more savage because the one who attacks is destitute and the one who is attacked is well provided. The one who attacks always considers… — Adrienne Monnier Copy Share Image
For the last six or seven years the circus has no longer been in fashion. That is a pity. One should go to the… — Adrienne Monnier Copy Share Image
In my opinion what distinguishes the Bible from the other books is its sense of time. Its first concern is to establish a calendar.… — Adrienne Monnier Copy Share Image
German civility, which often seems stiff to us, shows an attentive and touching respect for the person that I often prefer to our offhandedness. — Adrienne Monnier Copy Share Image
Abstract art: a construction site for high fashion, for advertising, for furniture. — Adrienne Monnier Copy Share Image
Gaiety is forgetfulness of the self, melancholy is memory of the self: in that state the soul feels all the power of its roots,… — Adrienne Monnier Copy Share Image
Unkindness almost always stands for the displeasure that one has in oneself. — Adrienne Monnier Copy Share Image
One attacks those who possess things that one does not possess. The attack is all the more savage because the one who attacks is… — Adrienne Monnier Copy Share Image
I am not sure that Christ would have been very satisfied to foresee that He would be looked upon principally as a redeemer and… — Adrienne Monnier Copy Share Image
It matters less to venerate things than to live with them on terms of good friendship. — Adrienne Monnier Copy Share Image
Our present-day artists do not transform, they deform. That gives pleasure to nobody. It changes everything, therefore it changes nothing. — Adrienne Monnier Copy Share Image
I can easily do without people (there are days when I could easily do without myself), and ... in the country of books where… — Adrienne Monnier Copy Share Image
