“ What is a flower? A giant sexual organ in its Sunday best. The truth has been known for a long time, yet, over-aged adolescents that we are, we persist in speaking sentimental drives about the delicac… Amélie Nothomb
“ There is only one way to overcome the difficulty of writing, and that is to write. Thought only becomes effective and productive at the time of writing. Amélie Nothomb
“ If a writer manages to be fascinating about his own novels, then there are only two possibilities: either he is merely voicing out loud what he wrote in his book, and he is a parrot; or he is explaini… Amélie Nothomb
“ My mind was not that of a conqueror, but that of a cow that spends its life chewing contentedly in the meadow of invoices, waiting for the train of eternal grace to pass by. How good it felt to exist… Amélie Nothomb
“ Behind every work of art lies the enormous pretension of exhibiting one's vision of the world. If such obvious arrogance is not counterbalanced by the tribulations of doubt, all that remains is a mons… Amélie Nothomb
“ Language is accurate: you run for your life. If you are dying, leave. If you are suffering, move. There is no other law, only movement. Amélie Nothomb
“ It is too sad . I must speak to him- The do you really ?- Sure . How can you expect things to get better , if we do not speak?- Earlier , you talked to Mr. Omochi . Do you feel that things have thus b… Amélie Nothomb
“ Society conspires against her from early infancy. Her brain is steadily filled with plaster until it sets: ‘If you’re not married by the time you’re twenty-five, you’ll have good reason to be ashamed’… Amélie Nothomb
