Fran Oise Sagan Quotes & Sayings

My love of nationalism is that my country may become free, and if need be, the whole of the country die, so that the human race may live. — Mahatma Gandhi

We say that slavery has vanished from European civilization, but this is not true. Slavery still exists, but now it applies only to women and its name is prostitution. — Victor Hugo

If you listen to the great Beatle records, the earliest ones where the lyrics are incredibly simple. Why are they still beautiful? Well, they're beautifully sung, beautifully played, and the mathematics in them is elegant. They retain their elegance. — Bruce Springsteen

Linus entered the elevator while the grownups talked and looked at the buttons. Buttons covered all the walls, and even the door. He pressed one, and with the luck that comes to children in fancy hotels, it was the fire alarm. — Ella Minster

You any good with that SIG?" Matt asked. Parker's voice held a trace of amusement. "Not bad. — Toni Anderson

Often we tell ourselves, "Don't just sit there, do something!" But when we practice awareness, we discover that the opposite may be more helpful: "Don't just do something, sit there!" — Nhat Hanh

In the criminal law [ ... ] imprisonment should be resorted to only after the most anxious consideration. — Pius Langa

It's funny, because in deference to conventional wisdom, I spent my struggling writer years trying to suppress my naturally baroque literary voice and write clean, spare prose. I finally gave up and embraced my baroque tendencies when I wrote the Kushiel series. — Jacqueline Carey