...This is the first time I have met someone who seeks out people and who sees beyond. [...] We never look beyond our assumptions and, what's worse, we have given up trying to meet others; we just meet ourselves. We don't recognize each other because other people have become our permanent mirrors. If we actually realized this, if we were to become aware of the fact that we are alone in the wilderness, we would go crazy. [...] As for me, I implore fate to give me the chance to see beyond myself and truly meet someone.
I'm afraid to go into myself and see what's going on in there. - Muriel Barbery
I'm afraid to go into myself and see what's going on in there.
- 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
. . . 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]…
When someone that you love dies..it's like fireworks suddenly burning out in the sky and everything going black. - Muriel Barbery
When someone that you love dies..it's like fireworks suddenly burning out in the sky and everything going black.
Personally I think that grammar is a way to attain beauty. - Muriel Barbery
Personally I think that grammar is a way to attain beauty.
If you have but one friend, make sure you choose her well. - Muriel Barbery
If you have but one friend, make sure you choose her well.
...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
...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…
I thought: pity the poor in spirit who know neither the enchantment nor the beauty of language. - Muriel Barbery
I thought: pity the poor in spirit who know neither the enchantment nor the beauty of language.
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
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…
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
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…
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