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I shall live badly if I do not write, and I shall write badly if I do not live.
Francoise Sagan
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Francoise Sagan
Age: 69 †
Born: 1935
Born: June 21
Died: 2004
Died: September 24
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Film Director
Novelist
Playwright
Screenwriter
Writer
9th arrondissement
Paris
Françoise Quoirez
Sagan
Françoise
Francoise Sagan
Françoise Delphine Quoirez
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Shall
Write
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Badly
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Unhappiness has nothing to teach, and resignation is ugly.
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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.
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My love of pleasure seems to be the only consistent side of my character. Is it because I have not read enough?
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There is no such thing as an ideal man. The ideal man is the man you love at the moment.
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The rich have a passion for bargains as lively as it is pointless.
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He lifted me up and held me close against him, my head on his shoulder. At that moment I loved him. In the morning light he was as golden, as soft, as gentle as myself, and he would protect me.
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A love affair based on jealousy is doomed from the start ... It is certanly a sign of love, but it's a sign that it's already dying.
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Writing is just having a sheet of paper, a pen and not a shadow of an idea of what you are going to say.
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Houses are for private living, for friends, and for dogs.
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Curiosity is the beginning of all wisdom.
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Every little girl knows about love. It is only her capacity to suffer because of it that increases.
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happiness has always seemed to me a great achievement.
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I did not find him absurd. I saw he was kind, that he was on the verge of real love. I thought it would be nice for me to be in love with him, too.
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