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Muriel Barbery Quotes

Boredom was born on a day of uniformity Picture Quote #1

A man who farts in bed... is a man who loves life Picture Quote #1

But many intelligent people have a sort of bug: they think intelligence is an end in itself. They have one idea in mind: to be intelligent, which is really stupid. And when intelligence takes itself for its own goal, it operates very strangely: the proof that it exists is not to be found in the ingenuity or simplicity of what it produces, but in how obscurely it is expressed Picture Quote #1

I may be indigent in name, position, and in appearance, but in my own mind I am an unrivaled goddess - Picture Quote #1

Melancholy overwhelms me at supersonic speed Picture Quote #1

I am going to die, but that is of no importance Picture Quote #1

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How to measure a life’s worth? The important thing, said Paloma one day, is not the fact of dying, it is what you are doing in the moment of your death Picture Quote #1

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 that life is absurd Picture Quote #1

We can be friends. We can be anything we want to be Picture Quote #1

Talent consists not in inventing shapes but in causing those that were invisible to emerge Picture Quote #1

Because art is life, playing to other rhythms Picture Quote #1

Live or die: mere consequences of what you have built. What matters is building well Picture Quote #1

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Art is emotion without desire Picture Quote #1

But the world, in its present state, is no place for princesses Picture Quote #1

Don’t worry Renee, I won’t commit suicide and I won’t burn a thing. Because from now on, for you, I’ll be searching for those moments of always within never. Beauty, in this world Picture Quote #1

...I am an anomaly in the system, living proof of how grotesque it is, and every day I mock it gently, deep within my impenetrable self Picture Quote #1

When someone that you love dies..it’s like fireworks suddenly burning out in the sky and everything going black Picture Quote #1

Personally I think that grammar is a way to attain beauty Picture Quote #1

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I’ll be searching for those moments of always within never. Beauty, in this world. - Paloma Picture Quote #1

With the exception of love, friendship and the beauty of art, I don’t see much else that can nurture human life Picture Quote #1

Humans live in a world where the weak are dominant. This is a terrible insult to our animal nature, a sort of perversion or a deep contradiction Picture Quote #1

If you want to heal Heal others And smile or weep At this very happy reversal of fate Picture Quote #1

When illness enters a home, not only does it take hold of a body. It also weaves a dark web between hearts, a web where hope is trapped Picture Quote #1

Shocked to realize how much vitality is required simply to support our primitive requirements, we wonder, bewildered, where Art fits in Picture Quote #1

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The strong ones among humans do nothing. They talk and talk again Picture Quote #1

Conclusion: better to be a thinking monk than a postmodern thinker Picture Quote #1

The raw tomato, devoured in the garden when freshly picked, is a horn of abundance of simple sensations, a radiating rush in one’s mouth that brings with it every pleasure.... a tomato, an adventure Picture Quote #1

I’m afraid to go into myself and see what’s going on in there Picture Quote #1

Tasting is an act of pleasure and writing about that pleasure is an artistic gesture, but the only true work of art, in the end, is another person’s feast Picture Quote #1

Entrusting one’s life is not the same as opening up one’s soul Picture Quote #1

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Boredom was born on a day of uniformity (Muriel Barbery Quotes) A man who farts in bed... is a man who loves life (Muriel Barbery Quotes) But many intelligent people have a sort of bug: they think intelligence is an end in itself. They have one idea in mind: to be intelligent, which is really stupid. And when intelligence takes itself for its own goal, it operates very strangely: the proof that it exists is not to be found in the ingenuity or simplicity of what it produces, but in how obscurely it is expressed (Muriel Barbery Quotes) I may be indigent in name, position, and in appearance, but in my own mind I am an unrivaled goddess - (Muriel Barbery Quotes) Melancholy overwhelms me at supersonic speed (Muriel Barbery Quotes) I am going to die, but that is of no importance (Muriel Barbery Quotes) How to measure a life’s worth? The important thing, said Paloma one day, is not the fact of dying, it is what you are doing in the moment of your death (Muriel Barbery Quotes) 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 that life is absurd. (Muriel Barbery Quotes) We can be friends. We can be anything we want to be (Muriel Barbery Quotes) Talent consists not in inventing shapes but in causing those that were invisible to emerge (Muriel Barbery Quotes) Because art is life, playing to other rhythms (Muriel Barbery Quotes) Live or die: mere consequences of what you have built. What matters is building well (Muriel Barbery Quotes) Art is emotion without desire (Muriel Barbery Quotes) But the world, in its present state, is no place for princesses (Muriel Barbery Quotes) Don’t worry Renee, I won’t commit suicide and I won’t burn a thing. Because from now on, for you, I’ll be searching for those moments of always within never. Beauty, in this world (Muriel Barbery Quotes) ...I am an anomaly in the system, living proof of how grotesque it is, and every day I mock it gently, deep within my impenetrable self. (Muriel Barbery Quotes) When someone that you love dies..it’s like fireworks suddenly burning out in the sky and everything going black. (Muriel Barbery Quotes) Personally I think that grammar is a way to attain beauty (Muriel Barbery Quotes) I’ll be searching for those moments of always within never. Beauty, in this world. - Paloma (Muriel Barbery Quotes) With the exception of love, friendship and the beauty of art, I don’t see much else that can nurture human life. (Muriel Barbery Quotes) Humans live in a world where the weak are dominant. This is a terrible insult to our animal nature, a sort of perversion or a deep contradiction. (Muriel Barbery Quotes) If you want to heal Heal others And smile or weep At this very happy reversal of fate (Muriel Barbery Quotes) When illness enters a home, not only does it take hold of a body. It also weaves a dark web between hearts, a web where hope is trapped (Muriel Barbery Quotes) Shocked to realize how much vitality is required simply to support our primitive requirements, we wonder, bewildered, where Art fits in (Muriel Barbery Quotes) The strong ones among humans do nothing. They talk and talk again (Muriel Barbery Quotes) Conclusion: better to be a thinking monk than a postmodern thinker (Muriel Barbery Quotes) The raw tomato, devoured in the garden when freshly picked, is a horn of abundance of simple sensations, a radiating rush in one’s mouth that brings with it every pleasure.... a tomato, an adventure (Muriel Barbery Quotes) I’m afraid to go into myself and see what’s going on in there (Muriel Barbery Quotes) Tasting is an act of pleasure and writing about that pleasure is an artistic gesture, but the only true work of art, in the end, is another person’s feast (Muriel Barbery Quotes) Entrusting one’s life is not the same as opening up one’s soul (Muriel Barbery Quotes)

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