Marceline Quotes & Sayings

Par toi tout le bonheur que m'offre l'avenir Est dans mon souvenir. Through you, all the happiness that the future offers Is in my memory. — Marceline Desbordes-Valmore

Why are our joys remembered more bitter than our woes? — Marceline Desbordes-Valmore

Are we not like two volumes of one book? — Marceline Desbordes-Valmore

...our family became a place where you screamed for help but no one heard, not ever. — Marceline Loridan-Ivens

Well then, Elise," Marceline says, using my name for the first time since I've known her. "I guess it's time for you to wake up. — Suzanne Young

Two hearts in love need no words. — Marceline Desbordes-Valmore

Money demoralizes even the giver. — Marceline Desbordes-Valmore

We must make our lives as we sew, stitch by stitch. — Marceline Desbordes-Valmore

Hmm ... well that would be good, but if you plan on adding that, better include the lanczos option (for good quality). — Marceline Desbordes-Valmore

...our history, the history of European Jews...they will never forgive us for the evil they've done to us — Marceline Loridan-Ivens

If you only knew, all of you, how the camp remains in all our minds, and will until we die. — Marceline Loridan-Ivens

Surviving makes other people's tears unbearable. You might drown in them. — Marceline Loridan-Ivens

An attack of hope is the same for us as an attack of fever. — Marceline Desbordes-Valmore

The Roses of Saadi
I wanted you to have roses this morn,
And stuffed a lot of them in my snug dress,
In my tight belt I could not all shoehorn.
The knots gave way, and threw them all around,
To wind and sea they were all gone forlorn
To flow with water, never will come round.
The waves were crimson red as if on fire.
This eve my dress is drenched in their fragrance,
Breathe it and keep it to your heart's desire. — Marceline Desbordes-Valmore

When I got back to Marceline, I did not conceal from her how tedious I found all these acquaintances.
"They are all alike," I said to her. "When I talk to one, I feel as if I were talking to the whole lot."
"But, my dear," said Marceline, "you can't expect each of them to be different from the others."
"The greater their likeness to each other, the more unlike they are to me. — Andre Gide

You had my heart, and I yours; a heart for a heart, good fortune for good fortune. — Marceline Desbordes-Valmore