"What is writing, no matter how lavish the……" — Muriel Barbery
"What is writing, no matter how lavish the pieces, if it says nothing of the truth, cares little for the heart, and is merely subservient to the pleasure of showing one's brilliance."
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92 Quotes by Muriel Barbery
Muriel Barbery has 92 quotes on this site.
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Colombe Josse is the older Jesse daughter. Colombe Jesse is also a sort of tall blonde leek who dresses like…
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Sashimi is velvet dust, verging on silk, or a bit of both, and the extraordinary alchemy of its gossamer essence…
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Life has meaning and we grown-ups know what it is is the universal lie that everyone is supposed to believe.…
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What makes the strength of the soldier isn't the energy he uses trying to intimidate the other guy by sending…
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I won't get any better by punishing the people I can't heal.
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When tea becomes ritual, it takes place at the heart of our ability to see greatness in small things.
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Entrusting one's life is not the same as opening up one's soul.
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Some people are incapable of perceiving in the object of their contemplation the very thing that gives it its intrinsic…
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Talent consists not in inventing shapes but in causing those that were invisible to emerge.
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Levin delights in the forgetfulness that movement brings, where the pleasure of doing is marvellously foreign to the striving of…
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To be poor, ugly and, moreover, intelligent condemns one in our society to a dark and disillusioned life...to beauty all…
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There's so much humanity in a love of trees, so much nostalgia for our first sense of wonder, so much…
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Simplicity is the key to brilliance.
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