Towns Quotes by Elsa Triolet

You can kill time or kill yourself, it comes to the same thing in the end.

— Elsa Triolet

There's no place where one can breathe as freely as on the deck of a ship.

— Elsa Triolet

I love the melody of an unknown language, the strange food, all the surprises of a strange town, and my own impatience and curiosity…

— Elsa Triolet

To be a prophet it is sufficient to be a pessimist.

— Elsa Triolet

Justice, like vengeance, is not good eaten cold.

— Elsa Triolet

Time burns but leaves no ashes.

— Elsa Triolet

Do not be astonished at anything, even happiness.

— Elsa Triolet

Tolerance enlarges the circle of our acquaintances.

— Elsa Triolet

There is no happiness for a society ruled by distrust.

— Elsa Triolet