One can never speak enough of the virtues, the dangers, the power of shared laughter. Francoise Sagan More Quotes by Francoise Sagan More Quotes From Francoise Sagan He lifted me up and held me close against him, my head on his shoulder. At that moment I loved him. In the morning light he was as golden, as soft, as gentle as myself, and he would protect me. Francoise Sagan golden light morning It isn't common sense that is paramount in this world, it's wishful thinking. Francoise Sagan common-sense world thinking I feel sorry for men. They have more problems than women, because they now have to compete with women. Francoise Sagan problem sorry men At night, time becomes a calm sea. It goes on for ever. Francoise Sagan goes-on sea night No one talks about money more than people who have too much of it. Francoise Sagan too-much people It seems to me that there are two kinds of trickery: the "fronts" people assume before one another's eyes, and the "front" a writer puts on the face of reality. Francoise Sagan eye two reality No one ever has time to examine himself honestly, and most people look no further than their neighbors' eyes, in which they may see their own reflection. Francoise Sagan eye reflection people Writing is a question of finding a certain rhythm. I compare it to the rhythms of jazz. Much of the time life is a sort of rhythmic progression of three characters. If one tells oneself that life is like that, one feels it less arbitrary. Francoise Sagan finding-the-one writing character When man, Apollo man, rockets into space, it isn't in order to find his brother, I'm quite sure of that. It's to confirm that he hasn't any brothers. Francoise Sagan brother men order The rich have a passion for bargains as lively as it is pointless. Francoise Sagan rich passion poor All my life, I will continue obstinately to write about love, solitude and passion among the kind of people I know. The rest don't interest me. Francoise Sagan passion writing people I've read Proust and Stendhal. That keeps you in your place. Francoise Sagan proust I've tried very hard and I've never found any resemblance between the people I know and the people in my novels. Francoise Sagan novel found people It would be bad form for me to describe people I don't know and don't understand. Francoise Sagan form would-be people Only by pursuing the extremes in one's nature, with all its contradictions, appetites, aversions, rages, can one hope to understand a little - oh, I admit only a very little - of what life is about. Francoise Sagan aversion life-is littles I shall live badly if I do not write, and I shall write badly if I do not live. Francoise Sagan balance ifs writing I dreamt of being a writer once I started to read. I started to write 'Bonjour Tristesse' in bistros around the Sorbonne. I finished it, I sent it to editors. It was accepted. Francoise Sagan accepted editors writing I don't think there's any intrinsic difference between a lover and a husband. ... If I were cynical, I would say that a woman should have both a good husband and a lover. But I'm not cynical so I'll just say that a woman should have a lover who's a good husband and a husband who's a good lover, perhaps both. Francoise Sagan good-love husband thinking Illness is the opposite of freedom. It makes everything impossible. Francoise Sagan illness opposites impossible If you don't have imagination you're lost. But it's a virtue that's becoming increasingly rare, especially in its higher form: spontaneity. Mad, happy spontaneity. Francoise Sagan mad becoming imagination
