“Ancient Japanese protocol stipulated that the Emperor be addressed with "fear and trembling". I've always loved the expression, which so perfectly describes the way actors in Samurai films speak to their leader, their voices tremulous with almost superhuman reverence. So… — Amélie Nothomb Copy Share Image
God isn't chocolate, he's the encounter between chocolate and the palate capable of appreciating it. — Amelie Nothomb Copy Share Image
“The nature of the epistolary genre was revealed to me: a form of writing devoted to another person. Novels, poems, and so on, were… — Amélie Nothomb Copy Share Image
“I glanced at the contents of what I was photocopying. They were the rules of the golf club of which Mister Saito was a… — Amélie Nothomb Copy Share Image
“Principio según el cual una persona que me había enseñado a atarme los cordones de los zapatos no podía decir cualquier cosa” — Amélie Nothomb Copy Share Image
“As she went on with her labour, she became aware that she had Schubert's Erl-King going around in her head. It wasn't the ideal… — Amélie Nothomb Copy Share Image
It's while writing that suddenly a point of view appears: 'So, that's what I really thought about this thing'. Then it feels part of… — Amelie Nothomb Copy Share Image
“If I knew what I was thinking [...] I would never have become a writer.” — Amélie Nothomb Copy Share Image
The purpose of the photograph is to reveal the love that is felt in a single image. — Amelie Nothomb Copy Share Image
Of course you have memories, and these memories are convincing. But it's really at the moment when I write them down - when I… — Amelie Nothomb Copy Share Image
It’s true that someone will always say that good and evil don’t exist: that is a person who has never had any dealings with… — Amelie Nothomb Copy Share Image
“War reveals people's deeper nature.' 'I don't like that idea. It would suggest that we need to be put to the test. I think… — Amélie Nothomb Copy Share Image
“Society conspires against her from early infancy. Her brain is steadily filled with plaster until it sets: ‘If you’re not married by the time… — Amélie Nothomb Copy Share Image
If you admire yourself in the mirror, let it be in fear and not delight, because the only thing that beauty will bring to… — Amelie Nothomb Copy Share Image
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