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> [“The poor are used to stifling any expression of their despair, because they must get on with life, with work, with the demands made of them day after day, hour after hour.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/georges-simenon/the-poor-are-used-to-stifling-any-expression-of-their-despair-because/)

[Georges Simenon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/georges-simenon/)

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## More by Georges Simenon

> [“His mouth open, he fell asleep, because a man always falls asleep in the end. One weeps, one shrieks, one rages, one despairs, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/georges-simenon/his-mouth-open-he-fell-asleep-because-a-man-always-falls-asleep-in/)

[Georges Simenon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/georges-simenon/)

> [If each one of us could make just one other happy, the whole world would know happiness.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/georges-simenon/if-each-one-of-us-could-make-just-one-other-happy-the-whole-world/)

[Georges Simenon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/georges-simenon/)

> [I adore life but I dont fear death. I just prefer to die as late as possible.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/georges-simenon/i-adore-life-but-i-dont-fear-death-i-just-prefer-to-die-as-late-as/)

[Georges Simenon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/georges-simenon/)

> [I have made love to ten thousand women.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/georges-simenon/i-have-made-love-to-ten-thousand-women/)

[Georges Simenon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/georges-simenon/)

> [“The poor are used to stifling any expression of their despair, because they must get on with life, with work, with the demands made…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/georges-simenon/the-poor-are-used-to-stifling-any-expression-of-their-despair-because/)

[Georges Simenon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/georges-simenon/)

> [It just happened. As though a moment comes when it's both necessary and natural to make a decision that has long since been made.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/georges-simenon/it-just-happened-as-though-a-moment-comes-when-it-s-both-necessary/)

[Georges Simenon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/georges-simenon/)

> [“The change in the girl's face was more subtle, almost invisible; it was not joy, there was no sparkle, but something like a serene…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/georges-simenon/the-change-in-the-girl-s-face-was-more-subtle-almost-invisible-it-was/)

[Georges Simenon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/georges-simenon/)

> [Of course, I also gave him the ineffable pleasures of pipe smoking. And no children, because when this character was created I did not…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/georges-simenon/of-course-i-also-gave-him-the-ineffable-pleasures-of-pipe-smoking-and/)

[Georges Simenon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/georges-simenon/)

> [“I’m worried that the chicken may be overcooked …’ she said as she served Maigret. And her tone was the one in which she might…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/georges-simenon/i-m-worried-that-the-chicken-may-be-overcooked-she-said-as-she-served/)

[Georges Simenon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/georges-simenon/)

> [“She came forward, the outlines of her figure blurred in the half-light. She came forward like a film star, or rather like the ideal…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/georges-simenon/she-came-forward-the-outlines-of-her-figure-blurred-in-the-half-light/)

[Georges Simenon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/georges-simenon/)

> [And Boucard desisted, probably because like everyone else he was deeply impressed by this man who had laid all ghosts, who had lost all…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/georges-simenon/and-boucard-desisted-probably-because-like-everyone-else-he-was/)

[Georges Simenon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/georges-simenon/)

> [The lake and the mountains have become my landscape, my real world.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/georges-simenon/the-lake-and-the-mountains-have-become-my-landscape-my-real-world/)

[Georges Simenon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/georges-simenon/)

> [“presse-papiers, entrouvrant”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/georges-simenon/presse-papiers-entrouvrant/)

[Georges Simenon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/georges-simenon/)

> [I'm a bit like a sponge. When I'm not writing I absorb life like water. When I write I squeeze the sponge a little…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/georges-simenon/i-m-a-bit-like-a-sponge-when-i-m-not-writing-i-absorb-life-like-water/)

[Georges Simenon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/georges-simenon/)

> [“They never addressed each other by name, nor were they in the habit of exchanging endearments. What was the point, since both felt that,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/georges-simenon/they-never-addressed-each-other-by-name-nor-were-they-in-the-habit-of/)

[Georges Simenon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/georges-simenon/)

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