Babette's Quotes

I love 'Babette's Feast' because of the message in it - an artist will never be poor, and you can melt the coldest heart with love and passion. — Colin Salmon

How to sustain the miracle
Of being, that like a muted bell,
Or like some ocean-breathing shell,
Quivers, intense and still? — Babette Deutsch

This is the point of Babette. — Don DeLillo

Poetry is the fiery index to the genius of the age. — Babette Deutsch

History
Coming too close
Is monstrous, like a doll
That is alive and bigger than the child
Who tries to hold it. — Babette Deutsch

Christ, what an asshole! Babette said. — Herman Koch

Why did you tell me about Babette?! (Gabrielle)
Leash her until I have coffee or I may have to kill her. (Rae) — Sherrilyn Kenyon

I did not have any money, so when I came to New York, I just dressed myself with whatever I could find and the Army-Navy store. — Babette March

There is no end to grief. Nor no end to poetry. — Babette Deutsch

The worst thing was that her school-friends began to copy her. They thought it was dead cool to be a little monster like Lucretia Crum! — Babette Cole

Poetry is important. No less than science, it seeks a hold upon reality, and the closeness of its approach is the test of its success. — Babette Deutsch

Babette looked too good for the place tonight, but then goodness is only relative after all ("Steps Going Up" aka "Guillotine" aka "Men Must Die") — Cornell Woolrich

I came to New York with $500 and I had to live on that, but thankfully I was taken up by photographers quickly. — Babette March

Who, except the poets, reads poetry? — Babette Deutsch

I never thought I wouldn't succeed. Not because I thought I was good-looking - I just thought I would make it. — Babette March

This is the whole point of Babette. — Don DeLillo

Such language," Babette says. "Why don't you just take a dump in my ears! — Chuck Palahniuk