Clémence

“And so I sat in the centre of this old city that I loved, which itself sat at the bottom of a tiny island. I was surrounded by people I loved, and I felt happy and miserable at the same time. I thought of what a mess everything had been, but that it wouldn't always be this way.”
― Hanif Kureishi, The Buddha of Suburbia

“C'est des hommes et d'eux seulement qu'il faut avoir peur, toujours.”
― Louis-Ferdinand Céline, Voyage au bout de la nuit

“- Lola: Il n'y a que les fous et les lâches qui refusent la guerre quand leur Patrie est en danger.
- Ferdinand: Alors vivent les fous et les lâches.”
― Louis-Ferdinand Céline, Voyage au bout de la nuit

“All the reading she had done had given her a view of life that they had never seen. If only they would read a little Dickens or Kipling they would soon discover there was more to life than cheating people and watching television.”
― Roald Dahl, Matilda