I never even dreamt of being a writer because I didn't feel allowed. When I was a child I was terribly ambitious, but I didn't know at all what this great thing would become. — Amelie Nothomb Copy Share Image
God isn't chocolate, he's the encounter between chocolate and the palate capable of appreciating it. — Amelie Nothomb Copy Share
“The nature of the epistolary genre was revealed to me: a form of writing devoted to another person. Novels, poems, and so on, were… — Amélie Nothomb Copy Share
“I glanced at the contents of what I was photocopying. They were the rules of the golf club of which Mister Saito was a… — Amélie Nothomb Copy Share
“Principio según el cual una persona que me había enseñado a atarme los cordones de los zapatos no podía decir cualquier cosa” — Amélie Nothomb Copy Share
“As she went on with her labour, she became aware that she had Schubert's Erl-King going around in her head. It wasn't the ideal… — Amélie Nothomb Copy Share
It's while writing that suddenly a point of view appears: 'So, that's what I really thought about this thing'. Then it feels part of… — Amelie Nothomb Copy Share
“If I knew what I was thinking [...] I would never have become a writer.” — Amélie Nothomb Copy Share
The purpose of the photograph is to reveal the love that is felt in a single image. — Amelie Nothomb Copy Share
Of course you have memories, and these memories are convincing. But it's really at the moment when I write them down - when I… — Amelie Nothomb Copy Share
It’s true that someone will always say that good and evil don’t exist: that is a person who has never had any dealings with… — Amelie Nothomb Copy Share
“War reveals people's deeper nature.' 'I don't like that idea. It would suggest that we need to be put to the test. I think… — Amélie Nothomb Copy Share
“Society conspires against her from early infancy. Her brain is steadily filled with plaster until it sets: ‘If you’re not married by the time… — Amélie Nothomb Copy Share
If you admire yourself in the mirror, let it be in fear and not delight, because the only thing that beauty will bring to… — Amelie Nothomb Copy Share
