For what are we looking for if not to please? I do not know if the desire to attract others comes from a superabundance of vitality, possessiveness, or the hidden, unspoken need to be reassured. Francoise Sagan More Quotes by Francoise Sagan More Quotes From Francoise Sagan I think the best way to waste time is to try to save time. Francoise Sagan time trying thinking Writing is just having a sheet of paper, a pen and not a shadow of an idea of what you are going to say. Francoise Sagan shadow writing ideas The happiness of others is never bearable for very long. Francoise Sagan bearable long I was thinking that I should be content to kiss him until the break of day. Bertrand ran out of kisses too soon; desire made them superfluous in his eyes. They were only a stage on the road to pleasure, not something inexhaustible and self-sufficient, as Luc had revealed them to me. Francoise Sagan kissing eye thinking For me writing is a question of finding a certain rhythm. I compare it to the rhythms of jazz. Francoise Sagan arbitrary jazz writing The one thing I regret is that I will never have time to read all the books I want to read. Francoise Sagan regret want book It amused me to think that one can tell the truth when one is drunk and nobody will believe it. Francoise Sagan drunk believe thinking You should celebrate the end of a love affair as they celebrate death in New Orleans, with songs, laughter, dancing and a lot of wine. Francoise Sagan laughter wine song We are torn between the craving to know and the despair of having known. Francoise Sagan torn craving despair I've often found myself preferring second-rate people to supposedly superior people, simply and solely because of their uncontrollable tendency to bang themselves against the sides of life's vast lampshade like fireflies or moths. Francoise Sagan bangs firefly people happiness has always seemed to me a great achievement. Francoise Sagan great-achievement achievement happiness The questions I would have liked to ask people were: ‘Are you in love? What are you reading? Francoise Sagan asks reading people curiosity is the beginning of wisdom. Francoise Sagan curiosity wisdom Of course the illusion of art is to make one believe that great literature is very close to life, but exactly the opposite is true. Life is amorphous, literature is formal. Francoise Sagan opposites believe art Passion is the salt of life, and that at the times when we are under its spell this salt is indispensable to us, even if we have got along very well without it before. Francoise Sagan salt indispensable passion Looking for pleasure is the best way to ensure you won't find it. Francoise Sagan best-way pleasure way No one is more conventional than a woman who is falling out of love. Francoise Sagan conventional falling-in-love fall pity is an agreeable sentiment, uplifting like military music. Francoise Sagan pity uplifting military Every little girl knows about love. It is only her capacity to suffer because of it that increases. Francoise Sagan girl suffering littles Unhappiness has nothing to teach, and resignation is ugly. Francoise Sagan ugly teach unhappiness
