What is an aristocrat? A woman who is never sullied by vulgarity, although she may be surrounded by it.
("The Elegance of the Hedgehog")
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As far as I can see, only psychoanalysis can compete with Christians in their love of drawn-out suffering.Muriel Barbery
Civilization is the mastery of violence, the triumph, constantly challenged, over the aggressive nature of the primate. For primates we have been and primates we shall remain, however often we learn to find joy in a camellia on moss. This is the very purpose of education.
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There was only one thing I wanted: to be left alone, without too many demand upon my person, so that for a few moments each day I might be allowed to assuage my hunger.
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How can one betray oneself to such a degree? What corruption greater even than power can lead us to thus deny the proof of pleasure, to hold in contempt that which we have loved? ...I could have written about chouquettes my whole life long; and my whole life long, I wrote against them.
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Wine is the refined jewel that only a grown woman will prefer to the sparkling trinkets adored by little girls.
Muriel Barbery
I won't get any better by punishing the people I can't heal.
Muriel Barbery
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