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title: "3 Next day Quotes By Muriel Barbery"
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> [“... we absolutely mustn't forget it. We mustn't forget old people with their rotten bodies, old people who are so close to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/muriel-barbery/we-absolutely-mustn-t-forget-it-we-mustn-t-forget-old-people-with/)

[Muriel Barbery](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/muriel-barbery/)

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> [We musn't forget old people with their rotten bodies, old people who are so close to death, something that young people don't…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/muriel-barbery/we-musn-t-forget-old-people-with-their-rotten-bodies-old-people-who/)

[Muriel Barbery](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/muriel-barbery/)

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> [“We mustn't forget old people with their rotten bodies, old people who are so close to death, something that young people don't…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/muriel-barbery/we-mustn-t-forget-old-people-with-their-rotten-bodies-old-people-who/)

[Muriel Barbery](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/muriel-barbery/)

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## Other authors on Next day

## More by Muriel Barbery

> [“Those who can, do; those who can't, teach; those who can't teach, teach the teachers; and those who can't teach the teachers go into…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/muriel-barbery/those-who-can-do-those-who-can-t-teach-those-who-can-t-teach-teach/)

[Muriel Barbery](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/muriel-barbery/)

> [What is writing, no matter how lavish the pieces, if it says nothing of the truth, cares little for the heart, and is merely…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/muriel-barbery/what-is-writing-no-matter-how-lavish-the-pieces-if-it-says-nothing-of/)

[Muriel Barbery](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/muriel-barbery/)

> [Live or die: mere consequences of what you have built. What matters is building well. So here we are I've assigned myself a new…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/muriel-barbery/live-or-die-mere-consequences-of-what-you-have-built-what-matters-is/)

[Muriel Barbery](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/muriel-barbery/)

> [“A terroir only exists by virtue of one's childhood mythology . . . we have invented these words of tradition rooted deep in the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/muriel-barbery/a-terroir-only-exists-by-virtue-of-one-s-childhood-mythology-we-have/)

[Muriel Barbery](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/muriel-barbery/)

> [“The tea ritual: such a precise repetition of the same gestures and the same tastes; accession to simple,authentic and refined sensations, a license given…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/muriel-barbery/the-tea-ritual-such-a-precise-repetition-of-the-same-gestures-and-the/)

[Muriel Barbery](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/muriel-barbery/)

> [As always, I am saved by the inability of living creatures to believe anything that might cause the walls of their little mental assumptions…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/muriel-barbery/as-always-i-am-saved-by-the-inability-of-living-creatures-to-believe/)

[Muriel Barbery](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/muriel-barbery/)

> [“I wonder if I am not turning into a contemplative . . . But those roses . They were something else. I was having…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/muriel-barbery/i-wonder-if-i-am-not-turning-into-a-contemplative-but-those-roses/)

[Muriel Barbery](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/muriel-barbery/)

> [Personally I think that grammar is a way to attain beauty.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/muriel-barbery/personally-i-think-that-grammar-is-a-way-to-attain-beauty/)

[Muriel Barbery](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/muriel-barbery/)

> [To be poor, ugly and, moreover, intelligent condemns one in our society to a dark and disillusioned life...to beauty all is forgiven.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/muriel-barbery/to-be-poor-ugly-and-moreover-intelligent-condemns-one-in-our-society/)

[Muriel Barbery](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/muriel-barbery/)

> [Beautiful things should belong to beautiful souls.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/muriel-barbery/beautiful-things-should-belong-to-beautiful-souls/)

[Muriel Barbery](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/muriel-barbery/)

> [I know that they're all unhappy because nobody loves the right person the way they should and because they don't understand that it's really…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/muriel-barbery/i-know-that-they-re-all-unhappy-because-nobody-loves-the-right-person/)

[Muriel Barbery](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/muriel-barbery/)

> [We never look beyond our assumptions and what's worse, we have given up trying to meet others; we just meet ourselves.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/muriel-barbery/we-never-look-beyond-our-assumptions-and-what-s-worse-we-have-given/)

[Muriel Barbery](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/muriel-barbery/)

> [“To rich people it must seem that the ordinary little people..experience human emotions with less intensity and greater indifference...The fact that we might be…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/muriel-barbery/to-rich-people-it-must-seem-that-the-ordinary-little-people/)

[Muriel Barbery](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/muriel-barbery/)

> [I may know that the world is an ugly place, I still don't want to see it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/muriel-barbery/i-may-know-that-the-world-is-an-ugly-place-i-still-don-t-want-to-see/)

[Muriel Barbery](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/muriel-barbery/)

> [“Personally I think that grammar is a way to attain Beauty. When you speak, or read, or write, you can tell if you’ve said…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/muriel-barbery/personally-i-think-that-grammar-is-a-way-to-attain-beauty-when-you/)

[Muriel Barbery](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/muriel-barbery/)

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