I used to think things were the way they are for a reason, that there was some hidden meaning. I used to think that this meaning governed the way the world was. But it's an illusion to think that there… — Delphine de Vigan Copy Share Image
People who think that grammar is just a collection of rules and restrictions are wrong. If you get to like it, grammar reveals the hidden meaning of history, hides disorder and abandonment, links things and brings opposites together. Grammar is… — Delphine de Vigan Copy Share Image
“Those moments aren't ours any more. They're shut up in a box, buried at the back of a cupboard, out of reach. They're frozen… — Delphine de Vigan Copy Share Image
“You're lucky to have within your grasp something that everyone envies. You can't act as though that didn't exist, as though it wasn't part… — Delphine de Vigan Copy Share Image
“Yes, writing is a weapon, Delphine, a bloody weapon of mass destruction. Writing is even more powerful than anything you can imagine. Writing is… — Delphine de Vigan Copy Share Image
“I don't go after him. He's a funny sort of boy. I've known that from the start. Not just because he seems angry and… — Delphine de Vigan Copy Share Image
“But I can’t manage to grow up and change shape. I’m still tiny, and staying that way, perhaps because I know the secret that… — Delphine de Vigan Copy Share Image
“I thought there was nothing more worthwile or more respectable than directing the traffic, going from red to green and green to red in… — Delphine de Vigan Copy Share Image
And when he catches me looking at him, he gives me this incredibly sweet, calm smile, and I think that we've got our lives… — Delphine de Vigan Copy Share Image
Some secrets are like fossils and the stone has become too heavy to turn over. — Delphine de Vigan Copy Share Image
You can learn to find unknowns in equations, draw equidistant lines and demonstrate theorems, but in real life there's nothing to position, calculate, or… — Delphine de Vigan Copy Share Image
“Before I met No I thought that violence meant shouting and hitting and war and blood. Now I know that there can also be… — Delphine de Vigan Copy Share Image
“In fact, for a long time I believed that the word 'emotional' had something to do with the size of an individual's vocabulary. So… — Delphine de Vigan Copy Share Image
My Dad says that we're the meanest to the ones we love because we know they'll still love us. — Delphine de Vigan Copy Share Image
All my life I've felt on the outside wherever I am - out of the picture, the conversation, at a distance, as though I… — Delphine de Vigan Copy Share Image
I’m not too keen on talking. I always have the feeling that the words are getting away from me, escaping and scattering. It’s not… — Delphine de Vigan Copy Share Image
“I thought that helping someone meant sharing everything, even the things you can’t understand, even the darkest stuff.” — Delphine de Vigan Copy Share Image
