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

- Francois Mauriac

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

- Francois Mauriac

We are, all of us, molded and remolded by those who have loved us, and though that love may pass, we remain none the less their work--a work that ver…

- Francois Mauriac

Human love is often but the encounter of two weaknesses.

- Francois Mauriac

I write whenever it suits me. During a creative period I write every day; a novel should not be interrupted. When I cease to be carried along, when I…

- Francois Mauriac

Tell me what you read and I'll tell you who you are is true enough, but I'd know you better if you told me what you reread.

- Francois Mauriac

Did you ever have a conversation with someone who misunderstood everything you had to say? It's exhausting, and the ironic part is that the more you …

- Francois Mauriac

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

- Francois Mauriac

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

- Francois Mauriac