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pity is an agreeable sentiment, uplifting like military music.
Francoise Sagan
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Francoise Sagan
Age: 69 †
Born: 1935
Born: June 21
Died: 2004
Died: September 24
Biographer
Film Director
Novelist
Playwright
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Writer
9th arrondissement
Paris
Françoise Quoirez
Sagan
Françoise
Francoise Sagan
Françoise Delphine Quoirez
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It isn't common sense that is paramount in this world, it's wishful thinking.
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Looking for pleasure is the best way to ensure you won't find it.
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I've read Proust and Stendhal. That keeps you in your place.
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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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When man, Apollo man, rockets into space, it isn't in order to find his brother, I'm quite sure of that. It's to confirm that he hasn't any brothers.
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At night, time becomes a calm sea. It goes on for ever.
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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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The happiness of others is never bearable for very long.
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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.
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When you make a decision to write according to a set schedule and really stick to it, you find yourself writing very fast. At least I do.
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happiness has always seemed to me a great achievement.
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Curiosity is the beginning of all wisdom.
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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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Houses are for private living, for friends, and for dogs.
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Illness is the opposite of freedom. It makes everything impossible.
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Love lasts about seven years. That's how long it takes for the cells of the body to totally replace themselves.
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If you don't have imagination you're lost. But it's a virtue that's becoming increasingly rare, especially in its higher form: spontaneity. Mad, happy spontaneity.
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