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Francois Mauriac quotes: He adored force and hated weakness. It is the crime of female natures.

He adored force and hated weakness. It is the crime of female natures.

Francois Mauriac quotes: Men resemble great deserted palaces: the owner occupies only a few rooms and has closed-off wings where he never ventures.

Men resemble great deserted palaces: the owner occupies only a few rooms and has closed-off wings where he never ventures.

Francois Mauriac quotes: A writer is essentially a man who does not resign himself to loneliness.

A writer is essentially a man who does not resign himself to loneliness.

Francois Mauriac quotes: The sin against nature [is] - compulsory celibacy

The sin against nature [is] - compulsory celibacy

Francois Mauriac quotes: A cemetery saddens us because it is the only place of the world in which we do not meet our dead again.

A cemetery saddens us because it is the only place of the world in which we do not meet our dead again.

Francois Mauriac quotes: The grandeur of man lies in song, not in thought.

The grandeur of man lies in song, not in thought.

Francois Mauriac quotes: The arrogance of poets is only a defense; doubt gnaws the greatest among them; they need our testimony to escape despair.

The arrogance of poets is only a defense; doubt gnaws the greatest among them; they need our testimony to escape despair.

Francois Mauriac quotes: No love, no friendship, can cross the path of our destiny without leaving some mark on it forever.

No love, no friendship, can cross the path of our destiny without leaving some mark on it forever.

Francois Mauriac quotes: It never occurs to one to think whether she is pretty or ugly. One just surrenders to her charm.

It never occurs to one to think whether she is pretty or ugly. One just surrenders to her charm.

Francois Mauriac quotes: If the flame inside you goes out, the souls that are next to you will die of cold.

If the flame inside you goes out, the souls that are next to you will die of cold.

Francois Mauriac quotes: A man's passion for the mountain is, above all, his childhood which refuses to die.

A man's passion for the mountain is, above all, his childhood which refuses to die.

Francois Mauriac quotes: I love Germany so much I'm glad there are two of them.

I love Germany so much I'm glad there are two of them.

Francois Mauriac quotes: We know well only what we are deprived of.

We know well only what we are deprived of.

Francois Mauriac quotes: I love Germany so dearly that I hope there will always be two of them.

I love Germany so dearly that I hope there will always be two of them.

Francois Mauriac quotes: I believe that only poetry counts ... A great novelist is first of all a great poet.

I believe that only poetry counts ... A great novelist is first of all a great poet.

Francois Mauriac quotes: Let us be wary of ready-made ideas about cowardice and courage: the same burden weighs infinitely more heavily on some shoulders than on others.

Let us be wary of ready-made ideas about cowardice and courage: the same burden weighs infinitely more heavily on some shoulders than on others.

Francois Mauriac quotes: Where does discipline end? Where does cruelty begin? Somewhere between these, thousands of children inhabit a voiceless hell.

Where does discipline end? Where does cruelty begin? Somewhere between these, thousands of children inhabit a voiceless hell.

Francois Mauriac quotes: This God who, as the psalmist said, built His tabernacles in the sun, now establishes Himself in the very core of the flesh and the blood.

This God who, as the psalmist said, built His tabernacles in the sun, now establishes Himself in the very core of the flesh and the blood.

Francois Mauriac quotes: Human love is often but the encounter of two weaknesses.

Human love is often but the encounter of two weaknesses.

Francois Mauriac quotes: Tell me what you read and I will tell you who you are.

Tell me what you read and I will tell you who you are.

Francois Mauriac quotes: The temples of those who deny the Real Presence are like corpses. The Lord was taken away and we do not know where they have laid Him.

The temples of those who deny the Real Presence are like corpses. The Lord was taken away and we do not know where they have laid Him.

Francois Mauriac quotes: If you would tell me the heart of a man, tell me not what he reads, but what he rereads.

If you would tell me the heart of a man, tell me not what he reads, but what he rereads.

Francois Mauriac quotes: Doubt is nothing but a trivial agitation on the surface of the soul, while deep down there is a calm certainty.

Doubt is nothing but a trivial agitation on the surface of the soul, while deep down there is a calm certainty.

Francois Mauriac quotes: Every novel worthy of the name is like another planet, whether large or small, which has its own laws just as it has its own flora and fauna.

Every novel worthy of the name is like another planet, whether large or small, which has its own laws just as it has its own flora and fauna.

Francois Mauriac quotes: God does not answer our desperate questionings; he simply gives us himself.

God does not answer our desperate questionings; he simply gives us himself.

Francois Mauriac quotes: I write whenever it suits me. During a creative period I write every day; a novel should not be interrupted.

I write whenever it suits me. During a creative period I write every day; a novel should not be interrupted.

Francois Mauriac quotes: The scapegoat has always had the mysterious power of unleashing man's ferocious pleasure in torturing, corrupting, and befouling.

The scapegoat has always had the mysterious power of unleashing man's ferocious pleasure in torturing, corrupting, and befouling.

Francois Mauriac quotes: That is the mystery of grace: it never comes too late.

That is the mystery of grace: it never comes too late.

Francois Mauriac quotes: A good critic is the sorcerer who makes some hidden spring gush forth unexpectedly under our feet.

A good critic is the sorcerer who makes some hidden spring gush forth unexpectedly under our feet.

Francois Mauriac quotes: There is no accident in our choice of reading. All our sources are related.

There is no accident in our choice of reading. All our sources are related.

Francois Mauriac quotes: To love someone is to see a miracle invisible to others.

To love someone is to see a miracle invisible to others.

Francois Mauriac quotes: No man can bear a child's cross.

No man can bear a child's cross.