Drieu La Rochelle Quotes & Sayings

He adored force and hated weakness. It is the crime of female natures. — Francois Mauriac

In the black chaos where the seas and the skies become confused let the projectors blow their white trumpets of silence
("Roundness") — Pierre Drieu La Rochelle

And above all, I am not interested enough in politics to let them encumber my last days. - DRIEU LA ROCHELLE, — Clive James

Suicide is the means of men whose resilience has been eaten away by rust, the rust of the daily round. They were born for action, but they have delayed their action; so action turns back on them with the swing of a pendulum. Suicide is an act, the act of those who have not been able to accomplish others. It is an act of faith, like all acts. Faith in one's neighbor, in the existence of one's neighbor, in the reality of the self and the other selves. — Pierre Drieu La Rochelle

The modesty of the athletic body which is contented with its perfection
You could limit your human existence to filling your shape with a muscle
("Tennis") — Pierre Drieu La Rochelle