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

- Muriel Barbery

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

- Muriel Barbery

...we have to surpass ourselves every day, make every day undying. Climb our own personal Everest and do it in such a way that every step is a little…

- Muriel Barbery

Madame Michel has the elegance of the hedgehog: on the outside she is covered in quills, a real fortress, but my gut feeling is that on the inside, s…

- Muriel Barbery

. . . maybe that's what life's all about: there's a lof of despair, but also the odd moments of beauty, where time is no longer the same . . . [like]…

- Muriel Barbery

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

- Muriel Barbery

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

- Muriel Barbery

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

- Muriel Barbery

People aim for the stars, and they end up like goldfish in a bowl. I wonder if it wouldn't be simpler just to teach children right from the start tha…

- Muriel Barbery