Author: Francoise Sagan

Quotes

The one thing I regret is that I will never have time to read all the books I want to read.

The one thing I regret is that I will never have time to read all the books I want to read.

- 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

Art must take reality by surprise.

Art must take reality by surprise.

- Francoise Sagan

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.

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

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

One can never speak enough of the virtues, the dangers, the power of shared laughter.

One can never speak enough of the virtues, the dangers, the power of shared laughter.

- 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

Jazz music is an intensified feeling of nonchalance.

Jazz music is an intensified feeling of nonchalance.

- 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

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