Clarity Quote by Stendhal

“Am I capable of deceiving my friend?” Julien asked himself peevishly. This being, for whom hypocrisy and an absence of all sympathy were the…

— Stendhal

“I will never demean myself to speak about my courage," said Julien, coldly, "it would be mean to do so. Let the world judge…

— Stendhal

“IV. IS MAN A MACHINE? Yes, said Julien Offroy de La Mettrie.”

— Will Durant

“Though Sebastian wasn't looking at her, he could hear the note of childish defiance in her voice, and it caused a wrench in his…

— Lisa Kleypas

“The footman burst in, announcing, 'Monsieur le Duc de ---.' 'Hold your tongue, you fool,' said the Duke as he entered the room. He…

— Stendhal

“These gentlemen, although of the highest nobility,' thought Julien, 'are not in the least boring like the people who come to dine with M.…

— Stendhal

“In the parlance of economics, Julien has said to Pari that if she cut off the supply of attention, perhaps the demands for it…

— Khaled Hosseini

“Beauclaire focused his attention, and I felt his magic send shivers of ice along my arms.”

— Patricia Briggs

“Closed his mouth. Then pressed a kiss on Oskar's lips. For a few seconds Oskar saw through Eli's eyes. And what he saw was...…

— John Ajvide Lindqvist

“He didn't know how Julian had done it all these years: how you were suppose to be strong for other people when you didn't…

— Cassandra Clare

“From all my talks with Henri, even the most cordial, I have always left with a slight taste of defeat; of also having been,…

— Primo Levi

“Ben looked around at the few people staring at him, and he realized, not for the first time, how alone he was in all…

— David Jacob Knight