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“I saw an exquisite pink and blue shell on the sea-bottom. I dove for it, and held it, smooth and hollow in my hand all the morning. I decided it was a lucky charm, and that I would keep it. I am surprised that I have not lost it, for I lose everything. Today it is still pink and warm as it lies in my palm, and makes me feel like crying.”
― Françoise Sagan, Bonjour tristesse

“For this was the round of love: fear which leads on desire, tenderness and fury, and that brutal anguish which triumphantly follows pleasure.”
― Françoise Sagan, Bonjour tristesse

“When we dream about something like some immensely clear joy, we don't even notice little, but far more effective possibilities in which we could reach it”
― Françoise Sagan, Dans un mois, dans un an

“Nothing becomes some women more than the prick of ambition. Love, on the contrary, may make them very dull.”
― Françoise Sagan, Dans un mois, dans un an