“When someone that you love dies..it's like fireworks suddenly burning out in the sky and everything going black.”
― The Elegance of the Hedgehog
― The Elegance of the Hedgehog
“If you have but one friend, make sure you choose her well.”
― The Elegance of the Hedgehog
― The Elegance of the Hedgehog
“. . . maybe that's what life's all about: there's a lof of despair, but also the odd moments of beauty, where time is no longer the same . . . [like] something suspended . . . an elsewhere . . . an always within a never.
Yes, that's is, an always within a never.”
― The Elegance of the Hedgehog
Yes, that's is, an always within a never.”
― The Elegance of the Hedgehog
“I may be indigent in name, position, and in appearance, but in my own mind I am an unrivaled goddess -”
― The Elegance of the Hedgehog
― The Elegance of the Hedgehog
“Madame Michel has the elegance of the hedgehog: on the outside she is covered in quills, a real fortress, but my gut feeling is that on the inside, she has the same simple refinement as the hedgehog: a deceptively indolent little creature, fiercely solitary--and terrible elegant. ”
― The Elegance of the Hedgehog
― The Elegance of the Hedgehog
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