--- title: "1 Know Shelf Quotes By Jean-Claude Izzo" description: "1 Know Shelf quotes by Jean-Claude Izzo. Plus more from Jean-Claude Izzo and more Know Shelf sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8ba/jean-claude-izzo-22789_friendship_you-ought-to-get-out-more-you-know-p-rol_1413034.jpg" --- > [“You ought to get out more. You know, Pérol, we should go out some evening, just you and me. Otherwise, you lose touch with reality. You know what I mean? You lose your sense of reality, and hey presto, you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jean-claude-izzo/you-ought-to-get-out-more-you-know-p-rol-we-should-go-out-some/) [Jean-Claude Izzo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jean-claude-izzo/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8ba/jean-claude-izzo-22789_friendship_you-ought-to-get-out-more-you-know-p-rol_1413034.jpg) ## More by Jean-Claude Izzo > [“Killing was easy. Dying was something else.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jean-claude-izzo/killing-was-easy-dying-was-something-else/) [Jean-Claude Izzo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jean-claude-izzo/) > [“After that, we weren't the same anymore. We'd become men. Disillusioned and cynical. Slightly bitter too. We had nothing. We hadn't even learned a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jean-claude-izzo/after-that-we-weren-t-the-same-anymore-we-d-become-men-disillusioned/) [Jean-Claude Izzo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jean-claude-izzo/) > [“Leila was untouchable. She was in my heart now, and I'd carry her always, on this earth that every day gives men a chance.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jean-claude-izzo/leila-was-untouchable-she-was-in-my-heart-now-and-i-d-carry-her/) [Jean-Claude Izzo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jean-claude-izzo/) > [“Ordinary French people. Citizens of fear.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jean-claude-izzo/ordinary-french-people-citizens-of-fear/) [Jean-Claude Izzo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jean-claude-izzo/) > [“We fought over a girl's smile, not because of the color of our skins. It created friendships, not hatreds.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jean-claude-izzo/we-fought-over-a-girl-s-smile-not-because-of-the-color-of-our-skins/) [Jean-Claude Izzo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jean-claude-izzo/) > [“It's at moment of misfortune that we remember we're all exiles.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jean-claude-izzo/it-s-at-moment-of-misfortune-that-we-remember-we-re-all-exiles/) [Jean-Claude Izzo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jean-claude-izzo/) > [The sensuality of desperate lives. Only poets talk like that. But poetry has never had an answer for anything. All it does it bear…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jean-claude-izzo/the-sensuality-of-desperate-lives-only-poets-talk-like-that-but/) [Jean-Claude Izzo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jean-claude-izzo/) > [“Our taste for books came from Antonin, an old second-hand bookseller, an anarchist, whose shop was on Cours Julien. We'd cut classes to go…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jean-claude-izzo/our-taste-for-books-came-from-antonin-an-old-second-hand-bookseller/) [Jean-Claude Izzo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jean-claude-izzo/) > [“I don't like answering private questions. The answers are often ambiguous and can be interpreted in different ways. Even when the other person is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jean-claude-izzo/i-don-t-like-answering-private-questions-the-answers-are-often/) [Jean-Claude Izzo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jean-claude-izzo/) > [I'd spent half of my life crying, the other half refusing to cry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jean-claude-izzo/i-d-spent-half-of-my-life-crying-the-other-half-refusing-to-cry/) [Jean-Claude Izzo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jean-claude-izzo/) > [“So much violence. If God existed, I'd have strangled him on the spot. Without batting an eyelid. And with all the fury of the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jean-claude-izzo/so-much-violence-if-god-existed-i-d-have-strangled-him-on-the-spot/) [Jean-Claude Izzo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jean-claude-izzo/) > [“Nobody was speaking. Only the cicadas continued their whine, indifferent to human tragedies.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jean-claude-izzo/nobody-was-speaking-only-the-cicadas-continued-their-whine/) [Jean-Claude Izzo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jean-claude-izzo/) > [“Days are only beautiful early in the morning. I should have remembered that. Dawn is merely an illusion that the world is beautiful. When…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jean-claude-izzo/days-are-only-beautiful-early-in-the-morning-i-should-have-remembered/) [Jean-Claude Izzo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jean-claude-izzo/) > [“You ought to get out more. You know, Pérol, we should go out some evening, just you and me. Otherwise, you lose touch with…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jean-claude-izzo/you-ought-to-get-out-more-you-know-p-rol-we-should-go-out-some/) [Jean-Claude Izzo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jean-claude-izzo/) > [“...I understand where you're coming from. I know it isn't just a question of revenge. It's the feeling there are some things you can't…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jean-claude-izzo/i-understand-where-you-re-coming-from-i-know-it-isn-t-just-a-question/) [Jean-Claude Izzo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jean-claude-izzo/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/know-shelf/jean-claude-izzo/#itemlist", "name": "1 Know Shelf Quotes By Jean-Claude Izzo", "numberOfItems": 1, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“You ought to get out more. You know, Pérol, we should go out some evening, just you and me. Otherwise, you lose touch with reality. You know what I mean? You lose your sense of reality, and hey presto, you don't know which shelf you left your soul on. The shelf where you put your friends. The shelf where you put your women. Stage right, stage left. Or in the shoebox. 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