All Jean-Dominique Bauby Quotes
- The memory of that event has only just come back to me, now doubly painful: regret for a vanished past and, above all, remorse for… All
- Once, I was a master at recycling leftovers. Now I cultivate the art of simmering memories. Art
- If I must drool, I may as well drool on cashmere. Cashmere
- Does it take the harsh light of disaster to show a person’s true nature? Disaster
- Whereupon a strange euphoria came over me. Not only was I exiled, paralyzed, mute, half deaf, deprived of all pleasures, and reduced to the existence… All
- Does the cosmos contain keys for opening my diving bell? A subway line with no terminus? A currency strong enough to buy my freedom back?… Bell
- I need to feel strongly, to love and admire, just as desperately as I need to breathe. Admire
- Other letters simply relate the small events that punctuate the passage of time: roses picked at dusk, the laziness of a rainy Sunday, a child… All