--- title: "1 Writing Writer Quotes By Christian Bobin" description: "1 Writing Writer quotes by Christian Bobin. Plus more from Christian Bobin and more Writing Writer sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cea/christian-bobin-21802_psychology_what-are-they-like-writers-in-your-mind_3216607.jpg" --- > [“What are they like, writers, in your mind: it may seem strange, but initially it’s not about writing. A writer is someone who struggles with the angels of solitude and truth. A confused struggle, without any clear conclusion.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christian-bobin/what-are-they-like-writers-in-your-mind-it-may-seem-strange-but/) [Christian Bobin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christian-bobin/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cea/christian-bobin-21802_psychology_what-are-they-like-writers-in-your-mind_3216607.jpg) ## More by Christian Bobin > [“ This morning, on the avenue, my death was walking next to me, under the plane-trees. I came back home, lied on the bed.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christian-bobin/this-morning-on-the-avenue-my-death-was-walking-next-to-me-under-the/) [Christian Bobin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christian-bobin/) > [“Nothing is owed to us in life, not even the innocence of a blue sky. Great art is the art of thankfulness for the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christian-bobin/nothing-is-owed-to-us-in-life-not-even-the-innocence-of-a-blue-sky/) [Christian Bobin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christian-bobin/) > [“You can tell who your friends are because they don’t prevent you from being on your own, because they illuminate your solitude without interrupting…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christian-bobin/you-can-tell-who-your-friends-are-because-they-don-t-prevent-you-from/) [Christian Bobin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christian-bobin/) > [“Life in society is when everyone is there and no one is present. Life in society is when everyone obeys what no one wants.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christian-bobin/life-in-society-is-when-everyone-is-there-and-no-one-is-present-life/) [Christian Bobin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christian-bobin/) > [“baraye bayane eshgh hamvare niyazi be vazhe haye asheghane nist , balke ziro bam o ashk o labkhand lazem ast. "Christian Bobin”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christian-bobin/baraye-bayane-eshgh-hamvare-niyazi-be-vazhe-haye-asheghane-nist-balke/) [Christian Bobin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christian-bobin/) > [“It is as if the angels had just done their laundry and, owning no other wealth than love, they are always clothed in the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christian-bobin/it-is-as-if-the-angels-had-just-done-their-laundry-and-owning-no/) [Christian Bobin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christian-bobin/) > [“A writer is anyone who follows only the truth of who they are, without ever relying on anything other than the poverty and solitude…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christian-bobin/a-writer-is-anyone-who-follows-only-the-truth-of-who-they-are-without/) [Christian Bobin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christian-bobin/) > [“The word is a perishable, ephemeral commodity. It takes on the color of the circumstances in which it is used.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christian-bobin/the-word-is-a-perishable-ephemeral-commodity-it-takes-on-the-color-of/) [Christian Bobin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christian-bobin/) > [“A few stars were approaching and in their brightness I glimpsed a fragment of your vanished soul – cheerful and frivolous, unforgettable.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christian-bobin/a-few-stars-were-approaching-and-in-their-brightness-i-glimpsed-a/) [Christian Bobin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christian-bobin/) > [“Distance brings sweetness. Absence tames what is near.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christian-bobin/distance-brings-sweetness-absence-tames-what-is-near/) [Christian Bobin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christian-bobin/) > [“No one is holy in this life, only life itself is that.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christian-bobin/no-one-is-holy-in-this-life-only-life-itself-is-that/) [Christian Bobin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christian-bobin/) > [“In such blue beauty you sense the darkness into which the light will soon fall, and in this conjugal life of blue and black…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christian-bobin/in-such-blue-beauty-you-sense-the-darkness-into-which-the-light-will/) [Christian Bobin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christian-bobin/) > [“A painter is someone who wipes the windowpane between the world and us with light, with a rag made of light, soaked in silence.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christian-bobin/a-painter-is-someone-who-wipes-the-windowpane-between-the-world-and/) [Christian Bobin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christian-bobin/) > [“Truth is not something one can have, only live.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christian-bobin/truth-is-not-something-one-can-have-only-live/) [Christian Bobin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christian-bobin/) > [“What love is it, then, that has no need of words to call us? In whose image are we made, to take such delight…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christian-bobin/what-love-is-it-then-that-has-no-need-of-words-to-call-us-in-whose/) [Christian Bobin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christian-bobin/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/writing-writer/christian-bobin/#itemlist", "name": "1 Writing Writer Quotes By Christian Bobin", "numberOfItems": 1, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“What are they like, writers, in your mind: it may seem strange, but initially it’s not about writing. A writer is someone who struggles with the angels of solitude and truth. 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