People Respect Unhappiness And Find It Especially

I Did Not Find Him Absurd. I Saw He Was Kind, That He Was On The Verge Of Real Love. I Thought It Would Be Nice For Me To Be In Love With Him, Too.

What You Call Types Of Mind Are Only Mental Ages.

I Don't Think There's Any Intrinsic Difference Between A Lover And A Husband. ... If I Were Cynical, I Would Say That A Woman Should Have Both A Good Husband And A Lover. But I'm Not Cynical So I'll Just Say That A Woman Should Have A Lover Who's A Good Husband And A Husband Who's A Good Lover, Perhaps Both.

I Dreamt Of Being A Writer Once I Started To Read. I Started To Write 'bonjour Tristesse' In Bistros Around The Sorbonne. I Finished It, I Sent It To Editors. It Was Accepted.

Writing Is A Question Of Finding A Certain Rhythm. I Compare It To The Rhythms Of Jazz. Much Of The Time Life Is A Sort Of Rhythmic Progression Of Three Characters. If One Tells Oneself That Life Is Like That, One Feels It Less Arbitrary.