I don't like apartments - the idea of other people living, copulating and defecating above me - they make me feel as trapped as a slice of ham in a sandwich. When I was a student in Paris, I always… — Eric-Emmanuel Schmitt Copy Share Image
“Monsieur Ibrahim: To find out if a country is rich or poor, look at the bins. If there are bins and no rubbish, it's rich. If there's rubbish by the bins, it's neither rich nor poor... it's touristy. And if… — Éric-Emmanuel Schmitt Copy Share Image
“E vinovat de adulter? Atunci e vinovat si de casatorie. Cum se poate merge in fata unui primar sau a unui preot pentru a primi garantia ca niciodata un barbat nu se va atinge de alta femeie decat de nevasta lui? Ce om in toate mintile va sustine asa ceva altfel decat constrans? Oprobiul meu se indreapta impotriva casatoriilor si… — Éric-Emmanuel Schmitt Copy Share
“Women are pleasing because they come to us wrapped in the catkin of an enigma and they cease to please when they lose their… — Éric-Emmanuel Schmitt Copy Share Image
“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… — Éric-Emmanuel Schmitt Copy Share Image
“She had pronounced the words “New Books” with caution and regret, articulating them reluctantly, as if they were vulgar, even obscene words. As I listened to her, I realised that that it was indeed a commercial term, used to designate an item in fashion, but inappropriate to define a literary work; I also realised that to her eyes I was… — Éric-Emmanuel Schmitt Copy Share
I am not married anymore. I hate marriage... but it's okay now. — Eric-Emmanuel Schmitt Copy Share Image
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… — Eric-Emmanuel Schmitt Copy Share Image
“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.” — Eric-Emmanuel Schmitt Copy Share Image
“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… — Eric-Emmanuel Schmitt Copy Share Image
“What you give, Momo, is yours forever. What you keep is lost for all time.” — Éric-Emmanuel Schmitt Copy Share Image
I consider a house without books or a piano to be unfurnished. — Eric-Emmanuel Schmitt Copy Share Image
Balthazar Balsan is not a self-portrait. If he was, I'd have made the character more flattering. — Eric-Emmanuel Schmitt Copy Share Image
![“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 because he chose me as his father and because I've given him everything I've learned in this life. Now you too will know what's in my Koran, Momo. It's all…” quote by Éric-Emmanuel Schmitt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/46e/ric-emmanuel-schmitt-7234_bible_momo-reading-ibrahim-s-will-this-is-my-w_304742.jpg)
