Enough Quote by Sophie Barthes

“Madame Bovary, c'est moi.”

— Gustav Flaubert

“Madame Bovary, c'est moi. Emma Bovary. She was the first. The first to thrash around in the space between a packaged wonder and reality,…

— Antonia Quirke

“[...] Y'know, the Duchess Regan is living here at the tower now? I took your advice about not talking about her boffnacity [footnote], even…

— Christopher Moore

“Elle flotte, elle hésite; en un mot, elle est femme.” “(She floats, she hesitates; in a word, she's a woman.)”

— Jean Racine

“This is the real Madame. I can see why she hides herself in accents and gems and exotic perfumes. I can see why she's…

— Lauren DeStefano

“The Robespierre women (as one tended to think of them now) were all on display. Madame looked actively, rather intimidatingly benevolent; it was her…

— Hilary Mantel

“You will do well to take advantage of Madame's short residence to get up your French a little... You will be glad of this,…

— Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu

“But in real life, the ideal Parisian woman is calm, discreet, a bit remote, and extremely decisive.”

— Pamela Druckerman

“Madame Boulle, in spite of her experiences among the highest English families, was amazed at the coolness shown by Lady Emily. A grandchild in…

— Angela Thirkell

“...Madame, I have become a whore through good-will and libertine through virtue.”

— The Marquis de Sade

“[...] we will leave this place, and go into other lodgings - you as the mistress; and I as the maid." "I should be…

— Wilkie Collins

“The French have the perfect word for it: ‘ flâneur’. It means to strol around aimlessly but enjoyably, observing life and your surroundings. Baudelaire…

— Gemma Burgess