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A man who farts in bed . . . is a man who loves life.

Muriel Barbery

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Muriel Barbery
Age: 55
Born: 1969
Born: May 28
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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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...we have to surpass ourselves every day, make every day undying. Climb our own personal Everest and do it in such a way that every step is a little bit of eternity. That's what the future is for: to build the present, with real plans, made by living people.
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People aim for the stars, and they end up like goldfish in a bowl. I wonder if it wouldn't be simpler just to teach children right from the start that life is absurd.
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That's what the future is for: to build the present, with real plans, made by living people.
Muriel Barbery
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I may know that the world is an ugly place, I still don't want to see it.
Muriel Barbery
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I find this a fascinating phenomenon: the ability we have to manipulate ourselves so that the foundation of our beliefs is never shaken.
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If you want to heal Heal others And smile or weep At this very happy reversal of fate
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The raw tomato, devoured in the garden when freshly picked, is a horn of abundance of simple sensations, a radiating rush in one's mouth that brings with it every pleasure. . . . a tomato, an adventure.
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If you have but one friend, make sure you choose her well.
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The real ordeal is not leaving those you love but learning to live without those who don't love you.
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Melancholy overwhelms me at supersonic speed.
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..if you dread tomorrow, it's because you don't know how to build the present, you tell yourself you can deal with it tomorrow, and it's a lost cause anyway because tomorrow always ends up becoming today, don't you see?
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I may be indigent in name, position, and in appearance, but in my own mind I am an unrivaled goddess -
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Art is emotion without desire.
Muriel Barbery
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Live or die: mere consequences of what you have built. What matters is building well.
Muriel Barbery
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What is writing, no matter how lavish the pieces, if it says nothing of the truth, cares little for the heart, and is merely subservient to the pleasure of showing one's brilliance.
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We don't recognize each other because other people have become our permanent mirrors. If we actually realized this, if we were able to become aware of the fact that we are only ever looking at ourselves in the other person, that we are alone in the wilderness, we would go crazy.
Muriel Barbery
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... they have never seen you ... I would recognize you anywhere.
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Moments like this act as magical interludes, placing our hearts at the edge of our souls: fleetingly, yet intensely, a fragment of eternity has come to enrich time...When tea becomes ritual, it takes its place at the heart of our ability to see greatness in small things.
Muriel Barbery
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When illness enters a home, not only does it take hold of a body. It also weaves a dark web between hearts, a web where hope is trapped.
Muriel Barbery