Maigret Quotes

“Aveva comunque il fascino di certi tisici: lineamenti delicati, pelle trasparente, labbra sensuali e insieme beffarde.”
― Georges Simenon

“Nem lehet boldoggá tenni az embereket akaratuk ellenére... Viszont ami a boldogtalanná tevést illeti...”
― Georges Simenon, Maigret habozik

“Arrivava solido come il granito, e da quel momento pareva che tutto dovesse spezzarsi contro di lui, sia che avanzasse, sia che restasse piantato sulle gambe leggermente divaricate.”
― Georges Simenon, Pietr the Latvian

“It seemed to him that he was compelled, by virtue of his wretched calling, to live the lives of a whole lot of other people, instead of quietly getting on with his own.”
― Georges Simenon

“Maigret had always had a weakness for kitchens, with their appetizing smells and piles of good things to eat, plump vegetables, juicy meat, poultry waiting to be plucked.”
― Georges Simenon, Maigret & The Toy Village

“Oh, by the way, while I was having a glass of your delicious gueuze beer, I spotted a crook…”
― Georges Simenon, The Hanged Man of Saint-Pholien