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> [“I felt at one and the same time quite close, within reach of my hand, and yet an infinite distance away, an unknown world of goodness. Often Isa had said to me: 'You, who see nothing but evil… You, who…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/francois-mauriac/i-felt-at-one-and-the-same-time-quite-close-within-reach-of-my-hand/)

[François Mauriac](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/francois-mauriac/)

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## More by Francois Mauriac

> [A good critic is the sorcerer who makes some hidden spring gush forth unexpectedly under our feet.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/francois-mauriac/a-good-critic-is-the-sorcerer-who-makes-some-hidden-spring-gush-forth/)

[Francois Mauriac](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/francois-mauriac/)

> [“The really pure in heart know nothing of what goes on around them each day, each night; never realize what poisonous weeds spring up…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/francois-mauriac/the-really-pure-in-heart-know-nothing-of-what-goes-on-around-them/)

[François Mauriac](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/francois-mauriac/)

> [“I love Germany so much that I am glad there are two of them.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/francois-mauriac/i-love-germany-so-much-that-i-am-glad-there-are-two-of-them/)

[François Mauriac](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/francois-mauriac/)

> [The Eucharist engages us unreservedly; it is a pact of love, an alliance signed in the deeper recesses of our being. All our potentialities…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/francois-mauriac/the-eucharist-engages-us-unreservedly-it-is-a-pact-of-love-an/)

[Francois Mauriac](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/francois-mauriac/)

> [A cemetery saddens us because it is the only place of the world in which we do not meet our dead again.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/francois-mauriac/a-cemetery-saddens-us-because-it-is-the-only-place-of-the-world-in/)

[Francois Mauriac](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/francois-mauriac/)

> [That is the mystery of grace: it never comes too late.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/francois-mauriac/that-is-the-mystery-of-grace-it-never-comes-too-late/)

[Francois Mauriac](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/francois-mauriac/)

> [Men resemble great deserted palaces: the owner occupies only a few rooms and has closed-off wings where he never ventures.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/francois-mauriac/men-resemble-great-deserted-palaces-the-owner-occupies-only-a-few/)

[Francois Mauriac](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/francois-mauriac/)

> [To love someone is to see a miracle invisible to others.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/francois-mauriac/to-love-someone-is-to-see-a-miracle-invisible-to-others/)

[Francois Mauriac](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/francois-mauriac/)

> [Did you ever have a conversation with someone who misunderstood everything you had to say? It's exhausting, and the ironic part is that the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/francois-mauriac/did-you-ever-have-a-conversation-with-someone-who-misunderstood/)

[Francois Mauriac](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/francois-mauriac/)

> [“We are, all of us, molded and re-molded by those who have loved us, and though that love may pass, we remain nonetheless their…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/francois-mauriac/we-are-all-of-us-molded-and-re-molded-by-those-who-have-loved-us-and/)

[François Mauriac](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/francois-mauriac/)

> [I believe that only poetry counts ... A great novelist is first of all a great poet.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/francois-mauriac/i-believe-that-only-poetry-counts-a-great-novelist-is-first-of-all-a/)

[Francois Mauriac](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/francois-mauriac/)

> [If the flame inside you goes out, the souls that are next to you will die of cold.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/francois-mauriac/if-the-flame-inside-you-goes-out-the-souls-that-are-next-to-you-will/)

[Francois Mauriac](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/francois-mauriac/)

> [What I fear is not being forgotten after my death, but, rather, not being enough forgotten. As we were saying, it is not our…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/francois-mauriac/what-i-fear-is-not-being-forgotten-after-my-death-but-rather-not/)

[Francois Mauriac](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/francois-mauriac/)

> [“What a fool she was ever to have imagined that there might be some place in the world where she could sink to the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/francois-mauriac/what-a-fool-she-was-ever-to-have-imagined-that-there-might-be-some/)

[François Mauriac](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/francois-mauriac/)

> [It seems that, after nineteen centuries of extraordinary glorification, the small Host for which so many cathedrals have sprung up, the small Host that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/francois-mauriac/it-seems-that-after-nineteen-centuries-of-extraordinary-glorification/)

[Francois Mauriac](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/francois-mauriac/)

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