Author: Francoise Sagan

Quotes

Every time I see a film about Joan of Arc I'm convinced she'll get away with it. It's the only way to get through life.

Every time I see a film about Joan of Arc I'm convinced she'll get away with it. It's the only way to get through life.

- Francoise Sagan

To jealousy, nothing is more frightful than laughter.

To jealousy, nothing is more frightful than laughter.

- Francoise Sagan

Art must take reality by surprise.

Art must take reality by surprise.

- Francoise Sagan

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.

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

Every little girl knows about love. It is only her capacity to suffer because of it that increases.

Every little girl knows about love. It is only her capacity to suffer because of it that increases.

- Francoise Sagan

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.

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

Marriage? It's like asparagus eaten with vinaigrette or hollandaise, a matter of taste but of no importance.

Marriage? It's like asparagus eaten with vinaigrette or hollandaise, a matter of taste but of no importance.

- Francoise Sagan

I had a strong desire to write and some free time.

I had a strong desire to write and some free time.

- Francoise Sagan

A dress makes no sense unless it inspires men to take it off of you.

A dress makes no sense unless it inspires men to take it off of you.

- Francoise Sagan

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