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Muriel Barbery quotes: With the exception of love, friendship and the beauty of art, I don't see much else that can nurture human life.

With the exception of love, friendship and the beauty of art, I don't see much else that can nurture human life.

Muriel Barbery quotes: We musn't forget that our bodies decline, friends die, everyone forgets about us, and the end is solitude,

We musn't forget that our bodies decline, friends die, everyone forgets about us, and the end is solitude,

Muriel Barbery quotes: If there is one thing I detest, it's when people transform their powerlessness or alienation into a creed.

If there is one thing I detest, it's when people transform their powerlessness or alienation into a creed.

Muriel Barbery quotes: Maybe that's what being alive is about: so we can track down those movments that are dying.

Maybe that's what being alive is about: so we can track down those movments that are dying.

Muriel Barbery quotes: I may be indigent in name, position, and in appearance, but in my own mind I am an unrivaled goddess -

I may be indigent in name, position, and in appearance, but in my own mind I am an unrivaled goddess -

Muriel Barbery quotes: The French are often, when it comes to wine, so formal that they border on the ridiculous.

The French are often, when it comes to wine, so formal that they border on the ridiculous.

Muriel Barbery quotes: True novelty is that which does not grow old, despite the passage of time.

True novelty is that which does not grow old, despite the passage of time.

Muriel Barbery quotes: I'll be searching for those moments of always within never. Beauty, in this world. - Paloma

I'll be searching for those moments of always within never. Beauty, in this world. - Paloma

Muriel Barbery quotes: I belong to the 8% of the world population who calm their apprehension by drowning it in numbers.

I belong to the 8% of the world population who calm their apprehension by drowning it in numbers.

Muriel Barbery quotes: Personally I think that grammar is a way to attain beauty.

Personally I think that grammar is a way to attain beauty.

Muriel Barbery quotes: True faith, it is a well-known fact, has little regard for chapels, but does believe in the communion of mysteries.

True faith, it is a well-known fact, has little regard for chapels, but does believe in the communion of mysteries.

Muriel Barbery quotes: If you have but one friend, make sure you choose her well.

If you have but one friend, make sure you choose her well.

Muriel Barbery quotes: In the end, I wonder if the true movement of the world might not be a voice raised in song.

In the end, I wonder if the true movement of the world might not be a voice raised in song.

Muriel Barbery quotes: It is always reassuring to be disabused of one's own paranoia.

It is always reassuring to be disabused of one's own paranoia.

Muriel Barbery quotes: They have never seen you ... I would recognize you anywhere.

They have never seen you ... I would recognize you anywhere.

Muriel Barbery quotes: What is an aristocrat? A woman who is never sullied by vulgarity, although she may be surrounded by it.

What is an aristocrat? A woman who is never sullied by vulgarity, although she may be surrounded by it.

Muriel Barbery quotes: When someone that you love dies..it's like fireworks suddenly burning out in the sky and everything going black.

When someone that you love dies..it's like fireworks suddenly burning out in the sky and everything going black.

Muriel Barbery quotes: I thought: pity the poor in spirit who know neither the enchantment nor the beauty of language.

I thought: pity the poor in spirit who know neither the enchantment nor the beauty of language.

Muriel Barbery quotes: Day after day, we pace up and down our life the way we pace up and down a passageway.

Day after day, we pace up and down our life the way we pace up and down a passageway.

Muriel Barbery quotes: A man who farts in bed . . . is a man who loves life.

A man who farts in bed . . . is a man who loves life.

Muriel Barbery quotes: Wine is the refined jewel that only a grown woman will prefer to the sparkling trinkets adored by little girls.

Wine is the refined jewel that only a grown woman will prefer to the sparkling trinkets adored by little girls.

Muriel Barbery quotes: There are only two moments when everything is possible in this life," said Petrus, "when one drinks, and when one makes up stories.

There are only two moments when everything is possible in this life," said Petrus, "when one drinks, and when one makes up stories.

Muriel Barbery quotes: I am an anomaly in the system, living proof of how grotesque it is, and every day I mock it gently, deep within my impenetrable self.

I am an anomaly in the system, living proof of how grotesque it is, and every day I mock it gently, deep within my impenetrable self.

Muriel Barbery quotes: That is the way a summer rain can take hold in you- like a new heart, beating in time with another's.

That is the way a summer rain can take hold in you- like a new heart, beating in time with another's.

Muriel Barbery quotes: To be poor, ugly and, moreover, intelligent condemns one in our society to a dark and disillusioned life ... to beauty all is forgiven.

To be poor, ugly and, moreover, intelligent condemns one in our society to a dark and disillusioned life ... to beauty all is forgiven.

Muriel Barbery quotes: The strong ones among humans do nothing. They talk and talk again.

The strong ones among humans do nothing. They talk and talk again.

Muriel Barbery quotes: Art is life playing to other rhythms.""The Elegance of the Hedgehog

Art is life playing to other rhythms."
"The Elegance of the Hedgehog

Muriel Barbery quotes: The only purpose of cats is that they constitute mobile decorative objects.

The only purpose of cats is that they constitute mobile decorative objects.

Muriel Barbery quotes: Don't let the cat out or the concierge in: this is the first principle of socialist ladies.

Don't let the cat out or the concierge in: this is the first principle of socialist ladies.

Muriel Barbery quotes: That's what the future is for: to build the present, with real plans, made by living people. - The Elegance of the Hedgehog

That's what the future is for: to build the present, with real plans, made by living people. - The Elegance of the Hedgehog

Muriel Barbery quotes: Some people are incapable of perceiving in the object of their contemplation the very thing that gives it its intrinsic life and breath,

Some people are incapable of perceiving in the object of their contemplation the very thing that gives it its intrinsic life and breath,

Muriel Barbery quotes: I may know that the world is an ugly place, I still don't want to see it.

I may know that the world is an ugly place, I still don't want to see it.

Muriel Barbery quotes: Every day I tell myself that my sister cannot possibly sink any further into the slough of disgrace and, every day, I am amazed to see that she does.

Every day I tell myself that my sister cannot possibly sink any further into the slough of disgrace and, every day, I am amazed to see that she does.

Muriel Barbery quotes: Behold the man I also know how to be.

Behold the man I also know how to be.

Muriel Barbery quotes: God appeases our animal fears and the unbearable prospect that someday all our pleasures will cease.

God appeases our animal fears and the unbearable prospect that someday all our pleasures will cease.

Muriel Barbery quotes: Important decisions are made by those who are invisible, by the humble people.

Important decisions are made by those who are invisible, by the humble people.

Muriel Barbery quotes: What do these onlookers see as they bend over my broken body? I do not know. But inside me, the sun.

What do these onlookers see as they bend over my broken body? I do not know. But inside me, the sun.

Muriel Barbery quotes: One must concede to others what one tolerates in oneself.

One must concede to others what one tolerates in oneself.

Muriel Barbery quotes: When illness enters a home, not only does it take hold of a body. It also weaves a dark web between hearts, a web where hope is trapped.

When illness enters a home, not only does it take hold of a body. It also weaves a dark web between hearts, a web where hope is trapped.

Muriel Barbery quotes: ...love musn't be a means, it must be an end.

...love musn't be a means, it must be an end.

Muriel Barbery quotes: I find this a fascinating phenomenon: the ability we have to manipulate ourselves so that the foundation of our beliefs is never shaken.

I find this a fascinating phenomenon: the ability we have to manipulate ourselves so that the foundation of our beliefs is never shaken.

Muriel Barbery quotes: But the world, in its present state, is no place for princesses

But the world, in its present state, is no place for princesses

Muriel Barbery quotes: Eternity: for all its invisibility, we gaze at it.

Eternity: for all its invisibility, we gaze at it.

Muriel Barbery quotes: Music plays a huge role in my life. It is music that helps me to endure ... well ... everything there is to endure.

Music plays a huge role in my life. It is music that helps me to endure ... well ... everything there is to endure.

Muriel Barbery quotes: To beauty, all is forgiven, even vulgarity. Intelligence no longer seems an adequate compensation for things ...

To beauty, all is forgiven, even vulgarity. Intelligence no longer seems an adequate compensation for things ...

Muriel Barbery quotes: How distressing to stumble on a dominant social habitus, just when one was convinced of one's own uniqueness in the matter!

How distressing to stumble on a dominant social habitus, just when one was convinced of one's own uniqueness in the matter!

Muriel Barbery quotes: Boredom was born on a day of uniformity.

Boredom was born on a day of uniformity.

Muriel Barbery quotes: I am an intellectual (who makes fun of other intellectuals).

I am an intellectual (who makes fun of other intellectuals).

Muriel Barbery quotes: Beautiful things should belong to beautiful souls.

Beautiful things should belong to beautiful souls.

Muriel Barbery quotes: I am going to die, but that is of no importance.

I am going to die, but that is of no importance.

Muriel Barbery quotes: If you want to healHeal othersAnd smile or weepAt this very happy reversal of fate

If you want to heal
Heal others
And smile or weep
At this very happy reversal of fate

Muriel Barbery quotes: Do you know that it is in your company that I have had my finest thoughts?

Do you know that it is in your company that I have had my finest thoughts?

Muriel Barbery quotes: Entrusting one's life is not the same as opening up one's soul.

Entrusting one's life is not the same as opening up one's soul.

Muriel Barbery quotes: When we disappear, it is the others who die for us

When we disappear, it is the others who die for us

Muriel Barbery quotes: since destiny always rings three times...

since destiny always rings three times...

Muriel Barbery quotes: I had a brief glimpse of a frail, mature man carrying a ravaged child in his arms...

I had a brief glimpse of a frail, mature man carrying a ravaged child in his arms...

Muriel Barbery quotes: What is the purpose of intelligence if it is not to serve others?

What is the purpose of intelligence if it is not to serve others?

Muriel Barbery quotes: Art is emotion without desire.

Art is emotion without desire.

Muriel Barbery quotes: In any event, it's done, said Papa-which are the words of a coward to the power of ten.

In any event, it's done, said Papa-which are the words of a coward to the power of ten.

Muriel Barbery quotes: For in order for consciousness to be aroused, it must have a name. However,

For in order for consciousness to be aroused, it must have a name. However,

Muriel Barbery quotes: Conclusion: better to be a thinking monk than a postmodernthinker.

Conclusion: better to be a thinking monk than a postmodern
thinker.

Muriel Barbery quotes: I won't get any better by punishing the people I can't heal.

I won't get any better by punishing the people I can't heal.

Muriel Barbery quotes: We can be friends. We can be anything we want to be.

We can be friends. We can be anything we want to be.

Muriel Barbery quotes: Talent consists not in inventing shapes but in causing those that were invisible to emerge.

Talent consists not in inventing shapes but in causing those that were invisible to emerge.

Muriel Barbery quotes: Shocked to realize how much vitality is required simply to support our primitive requirements, we wonder, bewildered, where Art fits in.

Shocked to realize how much vitality is required simply to support our primitive requirements, we wonder, bewildered, where Art fits in.

Muriel Barbery quotes: Birch treesTeach me that I am nothingAnd that I am deserving of life

Birch trees
Teach me that I am nothing
And that I am deserving of life

Muriel Barbery quotes: I don't give a damn about where I happen to be, provided nothing stops me from going into my mind.

I don't give a damn about where I happen to be, provided nothing stops me from going into my mind.

Muriel Barbery quotes: I'm afraid to go into myself and see what's going on in there.

I'm afraid to go into myself and see what's going on in there.

Muriel Barbery quotes: I understood that I was suffering because I couldn't make anyone else around me feel better.

I understood that I was suffering because I couldn't make anyone else around me feel better.

Muriel Barbery quotes: If you change the way you crunch into something, it is like trying something new.

If you change the way you crunch into something, it is like trying something new.

Muriel Barbery quotes: I suddenly felt my spirit expand, for I was capable of grasping the utter beauty of the trees.

I suddenly felt my spirit expand, for I was capable of grasping the utter beauty of the trees.

Muriel Barbery quotes: The real ordeal is not leaving those you love but learning to live without those who don't love you.

The real ordeal is not leaving those you love but learning to live without those who don't love you.

Muriel Barbery quotes: Tea and mangas instead of coffee and newspapers: something elegant and enchanting, instead of adult power struggles and their sad aggressiveness.

Tea and mangas instead of coffee and newspapers: something elegant and enchanting, instead of adult power struggles and their sad aggressiveness.

Muriel Barbery quotes: Object lesson: in the world, everything is compensation. When you can't go fast, you push harder

Object lesson: in the world, everything is compensation. When you can't go fast, you push harder

Muriel Barbery quotes: When you don't know how to build the present, you tell

When you don't know how to build the present, you tell

Muriel Barbery quotes: I don't think it has ever occurred to her that a text is written above all to be read and to arouse emotions in the reader.

I don't think it has ever occurred to her that a text is written above all to be read and to arouse emotions in the reader.

Muriel Barbery quotes: We never look beyond our assumptions and what's worse, we have given up trying to meet others; we just meet ourselves.

We never look beyond our assumptions and what's worse, we have given up trying to meet others; we just meet ourselves.

Muriel Barbery quotes: To the rich, therefore, falls the burden of Beauty. And if they cannot assume it, then they deserve to die.

To the rich, therefore, falls the burden of Beauty. And if they cannot assume it, then they deserve to die.

Muriel Barbery quotes: What do you drinkWhat do you readAt breakfastAnd I know whoYou are

What do you drink
What do you read
At breakfast
And I know who
You are

Muriel Barbery quotes: Levin delights in the forgetfulness that movement brings, where the pleasure of doing is marvellously foreign to the striving of the will.

Levin delights in the forgetfulness that movement brings, where the pleasure of doing is marvellously foreign to the striving of the will.

Muriel Barbery quotes: As far as I can see, only psychoanalysis can compete with Christians in their love of drawn-out suffering.

As far as I can see, only psychoanalysis can compete with Christians in their love of drawn-out suffering.

Muriel Barbery quotes: It really takes an effort to appear stupider than you are.

It really takes an effort to appear stupider than you are.

Muriel Barbery quotes: People think that children don't know anything. It's enough to make you wonder if grownups were ever children once upon a time.

People think that children don't know anything. It's enough to make you wonder if grownups were ever children once upon a time.

Muriel Barbery quotes: Grammar A stratum of consciousness Leading to beauty

Grammar A stratum of consciousness Leading to beauty

Muriel Barbery quotes: If you can pretend to ignore the fact that you've got a right hand, what else can you pretend to ignore? Can you have a negative heart, a hollow soul?

If you can pretend to ignore the fact that you've got a right hand, what else can you pretend to ignore? Can you have a negative heart, a hollow soul?

Muriel Barbery quotes: And I wonder how well I myself can see.

And I wonder how well I myself can see.

Muriel Barbery quotes: Papa is just a kid who's playing the dead serious grown-up.

Papa is just a kid who's playing the dead serious grown-up.

Muriel Barbery quotes: Because art is life, playing to other rhythms.

Because art is life, playing to other rhythms.

Muriel Barbery quotes: Melancholy overwhelms me at supersonic speed.

Melancholy overwhelms me at supersonic speed.