“No existe nombre para la violación de un diario. Lo cual demuestra que es más grave. No tiene nombre.” — Amélie Nothomb Amor Copy Share Image
“la lecture permet de découvrir l’autre en conservant cette profondeur que l’on a uniquement quand on est seul” — Amélie Nothomb Lecture Copy Share Image
If you admire yourself in the mirror, let it be in fear and not delight, because the only thing that beauty will… — Amelie Nothomb Admire Copy Share Image
I thought maybe I would become a god, or a goddess, or a president or a Nobel Prize winner. — Amelie Nothomb God Copy Share Image
It's while writing that suddenly a point of view appears: 'So, that's what I really thought about this thing'. Then it feels… — Amelie Nothomb Feels Copy Share Image
“People with menial jobs conjure up what Nietzsche calls a background world, forcing themselves to believe in an earthly or heavenly paradise.… — Amélie Nothomb Nietzsche Copy Share Image
“If I had been deceived, it was because, for a moment, I had loved. 'I am one of those who love, not… — Amélie Nothomb Antigone Copy Share Image
“But humankind doesn't give a damn ! The proof of it is that in twenty-four years this novel has been collecting dust… — Amélie Nothomb Humankind Copy Share Image
Of course you have memories, and these memories are convincing. But it's really at the moment when I write them down -… — Amelie Nothomb Adam Copy Share Image
“In actual fact, creatures like Sabine and myself were the guilty ones: rather than approaching their kin and comforting one another, they… — Amélie Nothomb Animals Copy Share Image
“As pessoas não sabem nada a respeito de metáforas. É uma palavra que vende bem, porque tem boa aparência. "Metáfora": o último… — Amélie Nothomb Copy Share Image
“What is a flower? A giant sexual organ in its Sunday best. The truth has been known for a long time, yet,… — Amélie Nothomb Flower Copy Share Image
“El hambre epistolar es un arte, y yo aspiro a alcanzar la excelencia.” — Amélie Nothomb Amor Copy Share Image
“In fond, oamenii nu citesc; daca citesc, nu pricep; daca pricep, uita.” — Amélie Nothomb Copy Share Image
When I want to be incognito, I don't wear any hat. Unfortunately, even without the hat, they now recognise me in Paris. — Amelie Nothomb Hats Copy Share Image
I eat in a strange way, but I enjoy it. Everything became well when I finally understood that I enjoy being hungry.… — Amelie Nothomb Enjoy Copy Share Image
Luckily I haven't fallen into the trap, which has claimed so many writers, of living from day to day thinking 'Ah, I'll… — Amelie Nothomb Book Copy Share Image
“There is only one way to overcome the difficulty of writing, and that is to write. Thought only becomes effective and productive… — Amélie Nothomb Time Copy Share Image
“Behind every work of art lies the enormous pretension of exhibiting one's vision of the world. If such obvious arrogance is not… — Amélie Nothomb Arrogance Copy Share Image
“I had always been alone and wouldn't have minded if it had been a matter of choice. It never had been. I… — Amélie Nothomb Dreamed Copy Share Image
“All forms of beauty are poignant, Japanese beauty particularly so. That lily-white complexion, those mellow eyes, the inimitable shape of the nose,… — Amélie Nothomb Beauty Copy Share Image
“Every existence contains its primal trauma, an event dividing life into a before and an after, a trauma so great that even… — Amélie Nothomb Life Copy Share Image
I will never be one of the happy stupid that were born somewhere. This way of life is excellent for the imagination.… — Amelie Nothomb Being Copy Share Image
“If a writer manages to be fascinating about his own novels, then there are only two possibilities: either he is merely voicing… — Amélie Nothomb Book Copy Share Image
“No es que la belleza literaria no exista: sólo que es una experiencia tan incomunicable como los encantos de la Dulcinea para… — Amélie Nothomb Amor Copy Share Image
“Are the rules more important to you than friendship?” “ ‘Friendship’ is a strong word. I’d prefer ‘good relationship between colleagues.’ ”… — Amélie Nothomb Friendship Copy Share Image
“Look around you and look at yourself: the world is swarming with assassins, that is, people who allow themselves to forget those… — Amélie Nothomb Forget Copy Share Image
“Water beneath me, water above me, water in me--I was water. How appropriate that the one definition of the Japanese character for… — Amelie Nothomb Flowing river Copy Share Image
“Ancient Japanese protocol stipulated that the Emperor be addressed with "fear and trembling". I've always loved the expression, which so perfectly describes… — Amélie Nothomb Emperor Copy Share Image
