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> [Dictionaries stop where the heart starts.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-foenkinos/dictionaries-stop-where-the-heart-starts/)

[David Foenkinos](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-foenkinos/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/439/david-foenkinos-12804_dictionaries_dictionaries-stop-where-the-heart-starts_940075.png)

## More by David Foenkinos

> [“And then, one morning, you're startled to discover that you no longer feel this terrible burden. What a surprise to notice that the angst…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-foenkinos/and-then-one-morning-you-re-startled-to-discover-that-you-no-longer/)

[David Foenkinos](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-foenkinos/)

> [We may finally ask ourselves whether coincidence really does exist. Maybe everybody we run into is walking around near us with the undying hope…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-foenkinos/we-may-finally-ask-ourselves-whether-coincidence-really-does-exist/)

[David Foenkinos](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-foenkinos/)

> [“Each breath of air a world”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-foenkinos/each-breath-of-air-a-world/)

[David Foenkinos](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-foenkinos/)

> [“Words do not always need a destination. We can leave them behind us at the borders of feelings. Running around headless in the vague…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-foenkinos/words-do-not-always-need-a-destination-we-can-leave-them-behind-us-at/)

[David Foenkinos](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-foenkinos/)

> [“She must disappear for a time from the human surface, And sacrifice everything for this, To recreate herself from the depths of her world.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-foenkinos/she-must-disappear-for-a-time-from-the-human-surface-and-sacrifice/)

[David Foenkinos](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-foenkinos/)

> [Dictionaries stop where the heart starts.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-foenkinos/dictionaries-stop-where-the-heart-starts/)

[David Foenkinos](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-foenkinos/)

> [“Es tan tentador no creerse las versiones oficiales…”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-foenkinos/es-tan-tentador-no-creerse-las-versiones-oficiales/)

[David Foenkinos](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-foenkinos/)

> [Time again for the waltz of smiles. Amazing how you sometimes make resolutions, tell yourself everything will be a certain way from now on,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-foenkinos/time-again-for-the-waltz-of-smiles-amazing-how-you-sometimes-make/)

[David Foenkinos](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-foenkinos/)

> [“The art of love? It's knowing how to combine the temperament of a vampire with the discretion of an anemone.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-foenkinos/the-art-of-love-it-s-knowing-how-to-combine-the-temperament-of-a/)

[David Foenkinos](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-foenkinos/)

> [“Moreover, as usual, she wasn't able to live in the moment. Maybe that's what grief is: a permanent disconnect from here and now. She…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-foenkinos/moreover-as-usual-she-wasn-t-able-to-live-in-the-moment-maybe-that-s/)

[David Foenkinos](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-foenkinos/)

> [“Now, between them, there was literature.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-foenkinos/now-between-them-there-was-literature/)

[David Foenkinos](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-foenkinos/)

> [“Vivimos sometidos a la tiranía de los deseos ajenos”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-foenkinos/vivimos-sometidos-a-la-tiran-a-de-los-deseos-ajenos/)

[David Foenkinos](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-foenkinos/)

> [But you need to have lived years in nothingness to understand how a person can suddenly become frightened by a possibility.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-foenkinos/but-you-need-to-have-lived-years-in-nothingness-to-understand-how-a/)

[David Foenkinos](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-foenkinos/)

> [Life can be beautiful when you understand the inconvenience of being born.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-foenkinos/life-can-be-beautiful-when-you-understand-the-inconvenience-of-being/)

[David Foenkinos](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-foenkinos/)

> [“Before him stood his wife, and he knew this image was the one that would pass before his eyes at his moment of death.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-foenkinos/before-him-stood-his-wife-and-he-knew-this-image-was-the-one-that/)

[David Foenkinos](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-foenkinos/)

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