“What is a flower? A giant sexual organ in its Sunday best.” — Amélie Nothomb Flower Copy Share Image
More and more I understand that it's very fine not to know where you come from. — Amelie Nothomb Copy Share Image
“Preparare brava gente a incontrarmi! Una disciplina che si chiamerebbe "Arte di affrontare i geni"! Che orrore!” — Amélie Nothomb Amor 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
“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
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 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 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
If you admire yourself in the mirror, let it be in fear and not delight, because the only thing that beauty will… — Amelie Nothomb Copy Share Image
“I had this notion of passionate love: if it ever happened to me, I wouldn't be able to imagine a moment's separation.… — Amélie Nothomb Love 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
“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
“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
“Are the rules more important to you than friendship?” “ ‘Friendship’ is a strong word. I’d prefer ‘good relationship between colleagues.’ ”… — Amélie Nothomb Friend Copy Share Image
“War reveals people's deeper nature.' 'I don't like that idea. It would suggest that we need to be put to the test.… — Amélie Nothomb Nature 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
“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
Of course you have memories, and these memories are convincing. But it's really at the moment when I write them down -… — Amelie Nothomb Copy Share Image
Definitely. More and more I understand that it's very fine not to know where you come from. There is line in a… — Amelie Nothomb 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
“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
“Society conspires against her from early infancy. Her brain is steadily filled with plaster until it sets: ‘If you’re not married by… — Amélie Nothomb Body hair Copy Share Image
“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… — Amélie Nothomb Music Copy Share Image
“Don't you understand that girls die the day they begin puberty ? Worse than that, they die without disappearing.” — Amélie Nothomb Puberty Copy Share Image
“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
“That was what university was: thinking you were going to open yourself up to a universe, and meeting nobody.” — Amélie Nothomb Universe Copy Share Image
Japanese women live in fear of making the least sound in a bathroom stall. Japanese men pay no attention to the subject… — Amelie Nothomb Attention Copy Share Image
“We are wrong to despise the body: it's so much less bad than the soul. Your soul claims to want things that… — Amélie Nothomb Copy Share Image
“The nature of the epistolary genre was revealed to me: a form of writing devoted to another person. Novels, poems, and so… — Amélie Nothomb Books 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
![“Definitely. More and more I understand that it's very fine not to know where you come from. There is line in a song by Georges Brassens [French singer-songwriter]: 'Les imbciles heureux qui sont ns quelquepart.' I will never be one of the happy stupid that were born somewhere. This way of life is…” quote by Amelie Nothomb](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/70d/amelie-nothomb-1581_born_definitely-more-and-more-i-understand-th_1751287.jpg)
