“ He sought an adventure but didn't find one. He was inexperienced and besides he didn't have too much imagination. Raymond Queneau
“ His thoughts were hemmed in. One can only draw curved lines on the terrestrial sphere which, as they extend, forever meet with themselves. At such intersections we always encounter what we have alread… Raymond Queneau
“ Mais Turandot sort brusquement de son bistrot et, du bas des marches, il lui crie : Eh petite, où vas-tu comme ça ? Zazie ne lui rèpond pas, elle se contente d'allonger le pas. Raymond Queneau
“ – Cinque franchi, cento soldi, quelli che ti darò, proprio qui: cinque franchi dei miei che ho guadagnato con la mia frutta e verdura sant'Antonio da Padova, se quest'anno i parigini tornano come gli… Raymond Queneau
“ There's as many fish in the sea as ever came out of it. Fright though you are, you won't have any trouble in hooking another boy-friend. Raymond Queneau
“ We have come from all the countries of the world and are going to Saintes-Maries de la Mer. Nomads of the enigma, we gather there each year after having carried our mystery through ordinary countrysid… Raymond Queneau
“ Being or nothing, that is the question. Ascending, descending, coming, going, a man does so much that in the end he disappears. Raymond Queneau
“ — Snob mon cul, dit Zazie.~— Gentille mon cul, rétorqua Zazie.~— Grandes personnes mon cul, répliqua Zazie.~— Seule mon cul, dit la fillette avec la correction du langage qui lui était habituelle.~— P… Raymond Queneau
“ The really inspired person is never inspired: he's always inspired: he doesn't go looking for inspiration and he doesn't get up in arms about artistic technique. Raymond Queneau
“ Les arbres poussaient en silence et le règne animal limitait sa présence à des actes obscurs et muets. Raymond Queneau
“ D’abord, cette fois-ci, nous n’allons pas en Egypte (à quoi na sert ?) mais nous voguons vers Carthage. Raymond Queneau
“ Learning to learn is to know how to navigate in a forest of facts ideas and theories a proliferation of constantly changing items of knowledge. Learning to learn is to know what to ignore but at the… Raymond Queneau
“ –Et si je me mettais dans la cage, dit Turandot, et que ce soit Laverdure qui me porte ?[...]–Alors au revoir, les gars ! dit Laverdure. Raymond Queneau
“ –Alors tu t’es bien amusée ?–Comme ça. –T’as vu le métro ?–Non.–Alors, qu’est-ce que t’as fait ?–J’ai vieilli Raymond Queneau
“ Pierrot had no particular opinion on public morals, or the future of civilization. No one had ever told him that he was intelligent. He had frequently been told, rather, that he behaved like an idiot… Raymond Queneau
