Dessais Quotes & Sayings

As we talked in the half-darkness I assuaged an old unhappiness. — Simone De Beauvoir

Early in 1967 Highsmith's agent told her why her books did not sell in paperback in America. It was, said Patricia Schartle Myrer, because they were 'too subtle', combined with the fact that none of her characters were likeable. 'Perhaps it is because I don't like anyone,' Highsmith replied. 'My last books may be about animals'. — Andrew Wilson

Everyone needs to find something they love to do - it's not about what they have to do. You need to make it fun! So if shopping is your love and you hate exercise, walk to the shops! — Irina Shayk

Freddy Mercury's reflections about supersonic women are making me glad that I've never met one: they sound like a bit of a handful - not very easy-going. — Sophie Hannah

Forgive him, for he believes that the customs of his tribe are the laws of nature! — George Bernard Shaw

The more refined and intellectual our needs become, the less they are capable of satiety. — William Stanley Jevons