Herve Guibert Quotes & Sayings

I take a grave view of the press. It is the weak slat under the bed of democracy. — A.J. Liebling

life is a long series of sucking it up when things don't go your way. — Ava Miles

I'm not able to rid myself of my self. — Herve Guibert

The key to growing up well, is being tough enough.
— Robert B. Parker

I think filmmaking is a gamble anyway, right? You never know the results from the start. — Daniel Wu

What profound reward you must glean from studying the world so closely ... Too many people turn away from small wonders, I find. There is so much more potency to be found in detail than generalities, but most souls cannot train themselves to sit still for it. — Elizabeth Gilbert

We all knew she needed help.
But none of us knew how.
And none of us could swallow our pride and just ask her what she needed.
I don't know why.
Maybe we were too ashamed we didn't know how to approach our own mother.

So we let the years slip unhappily past us and hoped we would never inherit the misery embedded in her soul.

But I did.

And I didn't know how to say it aloud.
And I still don't. — Stacy Morris

[Metaphors] replace genuine uncertainty about the world with semantic ambiguity. A metaphor is a cover-up. — Amos Tversky

Somewhat melancholy happiness of offering an object one likes, and that one had bought for oneself! — Herve Guibert

The imagination is always more horrible than the truth. — Herve Guibert