Let us not kid ourselves; let us remember that literature is of no use whatever, except in the very special case of somebody's wishing to become, of all things, a Professor of Literature.
Jer sam smatrao da me moja samoća čini lijepim, i da je moje srce utoliko šire ukoliko ga držim daleko od svega što znači ljudsku radost.
It was not the first time that they had seen trees, a blue sky, meadows; that they had heard the water flowing and the wind blowing in the leaves; but, no doubt, they had never admired all this, as if...
Ho una religione, la mia religione; e anzi ne ho più di loro, tutti quanti sono, con le loro commedie e le loro ciarlatanerie! Io adoro Dio, invece! Credo nell'Essere supremo, in un Creatore, qualunqu...
Era el desvarieig produït per l'absència d'una il·lusió sense retorn, la lassitud que deixen els fets acomplerts, el dolor, en fi, que promou la interrupció de tot moviment acostumat, la sobtada cessa...
Elle souhaitait à la fois mourir et habiter Paris.
Ea își dorea un fiu;ar fi trebuit să fie voinic și brunet;îi va spune Georges;idea de a avea un baiat era ca o speranță a răzbunării împotriva tuturor neputințelor trecute.Cel puțin,un barbat e liber;...
Ainsi leur rencontre avait eu l'importance d'une aventure. Ils s'étaient, tout de suite, accrochés par des fibres secrètes. D'ailleurs, comment expliquer les sympathies? Pourquoi telle particularité,...
People believe a little too easily that the function of the sun is to help the cabbages along.
Be steady and well-ordered in your life so that you can be fierce and original in your work.
She watched her son’s happiness in sad silence, as a ruined man looks through the windows at people dining in his old house.
[...] Y haciéndole sentar al borde del lecho, empezaba a hablarle de sus penas. El la olvidaba... Amaba a otra... Ya le habíand dicho que sería desgraciada. Y acababa pidiéndole algún jarabe para su s...
To return to antiquity [in literature]: that has been done. To return to the Middle Ages: that too has been done. Remains the present day. But the ground is shaky: so where can you set the foundations...
This was how they wished they had been: each was creating an ideal into which he was now fitting his past life.
There was always an uncertain promise dangling in the future like a golden fruit hanging from some fantastic bough.
The more ideas they had the more they suffered.
The hearts of women are like those little pieces of furniture with secret hiding - places, full of drawers fitted into each other; you go to a lot of trouble, break your nails, and in the bottom find...
Souvent, en regardant le soleil, je me suis dit « Pourquoi viens-tu chaque jour éclairer tant de souffrances, découvrir tant de douleurs, présider à tant de sottes misères ? »
She grew provoked at the doctrines of religion; the arrogance of the polemic writings displeased her by their inveteracy in attacking people she did not know; and the secular stories, relieved with re...
Se conocían demasiado para gozar de aquellos embelesos de la pasión que centuplican su gozo. Ella estaba tan hastiada de él como él cansado de ella. Emma volvía a encontrar en el adulterio todas las s...