“ I've done a Russian movie, Claire said. Thank God they're still stuck in realism, Zola-crazy. Subtitling their films is like captioning a child's picture book. Paula Fox
“ Did not one spend the first half of one's days in dreams of happiness and the second half in regrets and terrors? Emile Zola
“ Boredom was at the root of Lazare's unhappiness, an oppressive, unremitting boredom, exuding from everything like the muddy water of a poisoned spring. He was bored with leisure, with work, with himse… Emile Zola
“ She wanted to live, and live fully, and to give life, she who loved life! What was the good of existing, if you couldn't give yourself? Emile Zola
