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Muriel Barbery Quotes

We don’t recognize each other because other people have become our permanent mirrors. If we actually realized this, if we were able to become aware of the fact that we are only ever looking at ourselves in the other person, that we are alone in the wilderness, we would go crazy Picture Quote #1

Music plays a huge role in my life. It is music that helps me to endure... well... everything there is to endure Picture Quote #1

Beauty consists of its own passing, just as we reach for it. It’s the ephemeral configuration of things in the moment, when you see both their beauty and their death... Does this mean that this is how we must live our lives? Constantly poised between beauty and death, between movement and its disappearance? Maybe that’s what being alive is all about: so we can track down those moments that are dying Picture Quote #1

If, in our world, there is any chance of becoming the person you haven’t yet become... will I know how to seize that chance, turn my life into a garden that will be completely different from my forebears’? Picture Quote #1

Beautiful things should belong to beautiful souls Picture Quote #1

The only purpose of cats is that they constitute mobile decorative objects Picture Quote #1

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Moments like this act as magical interludes, placing our hearts at the edge of our souls: fleetingly, yet intensely, a fragment of eternity has come to enrich time... When tea becomes ritual, it takes its place at the heart of our ability to see greatness in small things Picture Quote #1

To beauty, all is forgiven, even vulgarity. Intelligence no longer seems an adequate compensation for things Picture Quote #1

As always, I am saved by the inability of living creatures to believe anything that might cause the walls of their little mental assumptions to crumble Picture Quote #1

If you have but one friend, make sure you choose her well Picture Quote #1

The real ordeal is not leaving those you love but learning to live without those who don’t love you Picture Quote #1

... they have never seen you... I would recognize you anywhere Picture Quote #1

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.. if you dread tomorrow, it’s because you don’t know how to build the present, you tell yourself you can deal with it tomorrow, and it’s a lost cause anyway because tomorrow always ends up becoming today, don’t you see? 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

We think we can make honey without sharing in the fate of bees, but we are in truth nothing but poor bees, destined to accomplish our task and then die Picture Quote #1

Live or die: mere consequences of what you have built. What matters is building well. So here we are I’ve assigned myself a new obligation. I’m going to stop undoing deconstructing I’m going to start building... What matters is what you are doing when you die... I want to be building Picture Quote #1

What is writing, no matter how lavish the pieces, if it says nothing of the truth, cares little for the heart, and is merely subservient to the pleasure of showing one’s brilliance Picture Quote #1

Pastries... can only be appreciated to the full extent of their subtlety when they are not eaten to assuage our hunger, when the orgy of their sugary sweetness is not destined to full some primary need but to coat our palate with all the benevolence of the world Picture Quote #1

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Maybe that’s what being alive is about: so we can track down those movments that are dying Picture Quote #1

What makes the strength of a soldier isn’t the energy he uses trying to intimidate the other guy by sending him a whole lot of signals, it’s the strength he’s able to concentrate within himself, by staying centered Picture Quote #1

I thought: pity the poor in spirit who know neither the enchantment nor the beauty of language Picture Quote #1

When tea becomes ritual, it takes its place at the heart of our ability to see greatness in small things. Where is beauty to be found? In great things that, like everything else, are doomed to die, or in small things that aspire to nothing, yet know how to set a jewel of infinity in a single moment? Picture Quote #1

So if there is something on the planet that is worth living for, I’d better not miss it, because once you’re dead, it’s too late for regrets, and if you die by mistake, that is really, really dumb Picture Quote #1

Don’t let the cat out or the concierge in: this is the first principle of socialist ladies Picture Quote #1

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What is an aristocrat? A woman who is never sullied by vulgarity, although she may be surrounded by it Picture Quote #1

Because beauty consits of it’s own passing, just as we reach for it. It’s the ephemeral configuration of things in the moment, when you can see both their movement and their death Picture Quote #1

Do you know that it is in your company that I have had my finest thoughts? Picture Quote #1

In the end, I wonder if the true movement of the world might not be a voice raised in song Picture Quote #1

I find this a fascinating phenomenon: the ability we have to manipulate ourselves so that the foundation of our beliefs is never shaken 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

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We don’t recognize each other because other people have become our permanent mirrors. If we actually realized this, if we were able to become aware of the fact that we are only ever looking at ourselves in the other person, that we are alone in the wilderness, we would go crazy (Muriel Barbery Quotes) Music plays a huge role in my life. It is music that helps me to endure... well... everything there is to endure (Muriel Barbery Quotes) Beauty consists of its own passing, just as we reach for it. It’s the ephemeral configuration of things in the moment, when you see both their beauty and their death... Does this mean that this is how we must live our lives? Constantly poised between beauty and death, between movement and its disappearance? Maybe that’s what being alive is all about: so we can track down those moments that are dying (Muriel Barbery Quotes) If, in our world, there is any chance of becoming the person you haven’t yet become... will I know how to seize that chance, turn my life into a garden that will be completely different from my forebears’? (Muriel Barbery Quotes) Beautiful things should belong to beautiful souls (Muriel Barbery Quotes) The only purpose of cats is that they constitute mobile decorative objects (Muriel Barbery Quotes) Moments like this act as magical interludes, placing our hearts at the edge of our souls: fleetingly, yet intensely, a fragment of eternity has come to enrich time... When tea becomes ritual, it takes its place at the heart of our ability to see greatness in small things (Muriel Barbery Quotes) To beauty, all is forgiven, even vulgarity. Intelligence no longer seems an adequate compensation for things (Muriel Barbery Quotes) As always, I am saved by the inability of living creatures to believe anything that might cause the walls of their little mental assumptions to crumble (Muriel Barbery Quotes) If you have but one friend, make sure you choose her well (Muriel Barbery Quotes) The real ordeal is not leaving those you love but learning to live without those who don’t love you (Muriel Barbery Quotes) ... they have never seen you... I would recognize you anywhere (Muriel Barbery Quotes) .. if you dread tomorrow, it’s because you don’t know how to build the present, you tell yourself you can deal with it tomorrow, and it’s a lost cause anyway because tomorrow always ends up becoming today, don’t you see? (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) We think we can make honey without sharing in the fate of bees, but we are in truth nothing but poor bees, destined to accomplish our task and then die (Muriel Barbery Quotes) Live or die: mere consequences of what you have built. What matters is building well. So here we are I’ve assigned myself a new obligation. I’m going to stop undoing deconstructing I’m going to start building... What matters is what you are doing when you die... I want to be building (Muriel Barbery Quotes) What is writing, no matter how lavish the pieces, if it says nothing of the truth, cares little for the heart, and is merely subservient to the pleasure of showing one’s brilliance (Muriel Barbery Quotes) Pastries... can only be appreciated to the full extent of their subtlety when they are not eaten to assuage our hunger, when the orgy of their sugary sweetness is not destined to full some primary need but to coat our palate with all the benevolence of the world (Muriel Barbery Quotes) Maybe that’s what being alive is about: so we can track down those movments that are dying (Muriel Barbery Quotes) What makes the strength of a soldier isn’t the energy he uses trying to intimidate the other guy by sending him a whole lot of signals, it’s the strength he’s able to concentrate within himself, by staying centered (Muriel Barbery Quotes) I thought: pity the poor in spirit who know neither the enchantment nor the beauty of language (Muriel Barbery Quotes) When tea becomes ritual, it takes its place at the heart of our ability to see greatness in small things. Where is beauty to be found? In great things that, like everything else, are doomed to die, or in small things that aspire to nothing, yet know how to set a jewel of infinity in a single moment? (Muriel Barbery Quotes) So if there is something on the planet that is worth living for, I’d better not miss it, because once you’re dead, it’s too late for regrets, and if you die by mistake, that is really, really dumb (Muriel Barbery Quotes) Don’t let the cat out or the concierge in: this is the first principle of socialist ladies (Muriel Barbery Quotes) What is an aristocrat? A woman who is never sullied by vulgarity, although she may be surrounded by it (Muriel Barbery Quotes) Because beauty consits of it’s own passing, just as we reach for it. It’s the ephemeral configuration of things in the moment, when you can see both their movement and their death (Muriel Barbery Quotes) Do you know that it is in your company that I have had my finest thoughts? (Muriel Barbery Quotes) In the end, I wonder if the true movement of the world might not be a voice raised in song (Muriel Barbery Quotes) I find this a fascinating phenomenon: the ability we have to manipulate ourselves so that the foundation of our beliefs is never shaken (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)

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