Laurent De Brunhoff Quotes & Sayings

I'm thinking: am I supposed to fight, and what do I fight with, and whom am I fighting? — Nick Hornby

When Francie brought a ticket and a dime back and pushed them across the counter, he gave her the wrapped shirt and two lichee nuts in exchange. Francie loved these lichee nuts. There was a crisp easily broken shell and the soft sweet meat inside. Inside the meat was a hard stone that no child had ever been able to break open. It was said that this stone contained a smaller stone and that the smaller stone contained a smaller stone which contained a yet smaller stone and so on. It was said that soon the stones got so small you could only see them with a magnifying glass and those smaller ones got still smaller until you couldn't see them with anything but they were always there and would never stop coming. It was Francie's first experience with infinity. — Betty Smith

Women face enough pressures and challenges in a workplace that is still depressingly biased against a female's success. Add to that, the fact that the very thing many women I know find most rewarding (having kids) is now frowned upon. — Mika Brzezinski

Is there a more mysterious idea than to imagine how nature is reflected in the eyes of animals? — Franz Marc

If met Vic Reeves, I'd have no desire other than to smack him in the face. — Steven Morrissey

He was doing nothing less now, he thought, than prescribing corrective lenses for Earthling souls. So many of those souls were lost and wretched, Billy believed, because they could not see as well as his little green friends on Tralfamadore. — Kurt Vonnegut Jr.

Some people would say comedy draws from some dark places, from your dark stuff. Life's great optimists aren't necessarily the funniest people. — Colin Firth

Your purpose when driving is not to arrive at your destination safely or quickly. Your purpose when driving is ... to impress your personality on the road. — Martin Amis

A lot of musicians put diamonds on things to show they had money. I on the other had felt that Daytona showed I had style and I didn't need to be flashy. — Brian McKnight

If we make a small commitment towards keeping our talent alive, one day it becomes a beautiful gift, which nourishes us, makes our lives complete. — Subroto Bagchi