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  • I can easily do without people (there are days when I could easily do without myself), and ... in the country of books where I dwell, the dead can count entirely as much as the living.

    Country   Book   People  
    Adrienne Monnier (1976). “The Very Rich Hours of Adrienne Monnier”, p.156, U of Nebraska Press
  • I am not sure that Christ would have been very satisfied to foresee that He would be looked upon principally as a redeemer and nailed forever upon the cross by human ignorance. It seems to me that He above all desired to bring men a message of truth, that He wanted to heal them of their faults by making an appeal to all their energy; He shook them as much as He could, He did not seek to spare them the trouble.

    Ignorance   Men   Forever  
    Adrienne Monnier (1976). “The Very Rich Hours of Adrienne Monnier”, p.375, U of Nebraska Press
  • Our present-day artists do not transform, they deform. That gives pleasure to nobody. It changes everything, therefore it changes nothing.

    Adrienne Monnier (1976). “The Very Rich Hours of Adrienne Monnier”, p.215, U of Nebraska Press
  • Gaiety is forgetfulness of the self, melancholy is memory of the self: in that state the soul feels all the power of its roots, nothing distracts it from its profound homeland and the look that it casts upon the outer world is gently dismayed.

    Memories   Self   Roots  
    Adrienne Monnier (1976). “The Very Rich Hours of Adrienne Monnier”, p.245, U of Nebraska Press
  • For the last six or seven years the circus has no longer been in fashion. That is a pity. One should go to the circus, beyond any question of fashion, at least one or two times a year-I am not speaking here to the real enthusiasts, they know better than I what they have to do.

    Fashion   Real   Years  
    Adrienne Monnier (1976). “The Very Rich Hours of Adrienne Monnier”, p.237, U of Nebraska Press
  • It matters less to venerate things than to live with them on terms of good friendship.

    Adrienne Monnier (1976). “The Very Rich Hours of Adrienne Monnier”, p.185, U of Nebraska Press
  • German civility, which often seems stiff to us, shows an attentive and touching respect for the person that I often prefer to our offhandedness.

  • The sight or sound of perfect things causes a certain suffering.

    Adrienne Monnier (1976). “The Very Rich Hours of Adrienne Monnier”
  • One attacks those who possess things that one does not possess. The attack is all the more savage because the one who attacks is destitute and the one who is attacked is well provided. The one who attacks always considers himself to be in the position of legitimate offense.

    Doe   Savages   Wells  
    Adrienne Monnier (1976). “The Very Rich Hours of Adrienne Monnier”, p.371, U of Nebraska Press
  • Abstract art: a construction site for high fashion, for advertising, for furniture.

    Adrienne Monnier (1976). “The Very Rich Hours of Adrienne Monnier”, p.216, U of Nebraska Press
  • In my opinion what distinguishes the Bible from the other books is its sense of time. Its first concern is to establish a calendar. Then it traces a genealogy. It imposes rhythms, it orders, it operates, it does not abandon the earth where its destiny must be fulfilled and whose own destiny must be fulfilled by it. Its history will be that of men and not of idle gods. The whole spirit must become incarnate and explore the possible.

    Bible   Book   Destiny  
    Adrienne Monnier (1976). “The Very Rich Hours of Adrienne Monnier”, p.376, U of Nebraska Press
  • Unkindness almost always stands for the displeasure that one has in oneself.

    Adrienne Monnier (1976). “The Very Rich Hours of Adrienne Monnier”, p.174, U of Nebraska Press
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