Accepting Quote by Patrick Modiano

“When you really love someone, you must accept their part of mystery. And that’s why you love them.”

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On winning Literature Nobel Prize: I was actually in the street. Yes, I was in the street. It was my daughter who notified me.

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A novelist can never be his own reader, except when he is ridding his manuscript of syntax errors, repetitions, or the occasional superfluous paragraph.

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I think I became a writer because I didn't know of anything else to do. Maybe some incident from my childhood influenced me.

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A man without scenery is completely disarmed.

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The more things remain obscure and mysterious, the more they interest me. I even try to find mystery in things that have none.

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From Augustine down, theologians have tried to compel people to accept their special interpretation of the Scripture, and the tortures of the inquisition, the…

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Laughing, laughing, laughing, laughing! It is the jester! A voice from the Void, to cheer poor Cicero! I accept your gift, dearest Night Mother.…

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This duo inside of me causes the perfect opportunity to live and learn twice as fast as those who choose to accept simplicity.

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There is something about the South that accepts the supernatural. If you don't accept it and you're having a conversation with someone who does,…

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We only enter into the full life if our faith gives thanks. Because how else do we accept His free gift of salvation if…

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Don't be bitter. Everybody suffers. If you can accept your suffering then you will understand other people better. Be grateful for pain. Love life.

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It takes an unusually philosophic mind to accept that all one’s suffering might be to no end, really, in the larger scheme of things.

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No nation being under another nation can accept gifts, and kick at the responsibility attached to those gifts, imposed by the conquering nation.

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Even with clothing naked animals, there were people who wanted to send in money. A woman in Santa Barbara, California, sent a $40,000 check.…

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Society understands the architecture of academia and knows there are relevant qualifications in different fields, and the media accepts the idea of specialisations and…

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