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Madeline Miller
“Name one hero who was happy."
I considered. Heracles went mad and killed his family; Theseus lost his bride and father; Jason's children and new wife were murdered by his old; Bellerophon killed the Chimera but was crippled by the fall from Pegasus' back.
"You can't." He was sitting up now, leaning forward.
"I can't."
"I know. They never let you be famous AND happy." He lifted an eyebrow. "I'll tell you a secret."
"Tell me." I loved it when he was like this.
"I'm going to be the first." He took my palm and held it to his. "Swear it."
"Why me?"
"Because you're the reason. Swear it."
"I swear it," I said, lost in the high color of his cheeks, the flame in his eyes.
"I swear it," he echoed.
We sat like that a moment, hands touching. He grinned.
"I feel like I could eat the world raw.”
Madeline Miller, The Song of Achilles

Daniel Pennac
“We keep quiet about what we read. Our enjoyment of a book remains a jealously guarded secret. Perhaps because there`s no need to talk, or because it takes time to distill what we've read before we can say anything. Silence is our guarantee of intimacy. We might have finished reading but we`re still living
the book.”
Daniel Pennac

Daniel Pennac
“Il y a ceux que le malheur effondre. Il y a ceux qui en deviennent tout rêveurs. Il y a ceux qui parlent de tout et de rien au bord de la tombe, et ça continue dans la voiture, de tout et de rien, pas même du mort, de petits propos domestiques, il y a ceux qui se suicideront après et ça ne se voit pas sur leur visage, il y a ceux qui pleurent beaucoup et cicatrisent vite, ceux qui se noyent dans les larmes qu'ils versent, il y a ceux qui sont contents, débarrassés de quelqu'un, il y a ceux qui ne peuvent plus voir le mort, ils essayent mais ils ne peuvent plus, le mort a emporté son image, il y a ceux qui voient le mort partout, ils voudraient l'effacer, ils vendent ses nippes, brûlent ses photos, déménagent, changent de continent, rebelotent avec un vivant, mais rien à faire, le mort est toujours là, dans le rétroviseur, il y a ceux qui pique-niquent au cimetière et ceux qui le contournent parce qu'ils ont une tombe creusée dans la tête, il y a ceux qui ne mangent plus, il y a ceux qui boivent, il y a ceux qui se demandent si leur chagrin est authentique ou fabriqué, il y a ceux qui se tuent au travail et ceux qui prennent enfin des vacances, il y a ceux qui trouvent la mort scandaleuse et ceux qui la trouvent naturelle avec un âge pour, des circonstances qui font que, c'est la guerre, c'est la maladie, c'est la moto, la bagnole, l'époque, la vie, il y a ceux qui trouvent que la mort c'est la vie.

Et il y a ceux qui font n'importe quoi. Qui se mettent à courrir, par exemple. À courir comme s'ils ne devaient jamais plus s'arrêter. C'est mon cas.”
Daniel Pennac, La fata carabina
tags: death

Marcel Proust
“Let us be grateful to the people who make us happy; they are the charming gardeners who make our souls blossom.”
Marcel Proust

Daniel Pennac
“Reader's Bill of Rights

1. The right to not read

2. The right to skip pages

3. The right to not finish

4. The right to reread

5. The right to read anything

6. The right to escapism

7. The right to read anywhere

8. The right to browse

9. The right to read out loud

10. The right to not defend your tastes”
Daniel Pennac

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