Three Naughty French Novels Quotes & Sayings

The notion that a human being should be constantly happy is a uniquely modern, uniquely American, uniquely destructive idea. — Andrew Weil

The problem of the novelist who wishes to write about a man's encounter with God is how he shall make the experience
which is both natural and supernatural
understandable, and credible, to his reader. In any age this would be a problem, but in our own, it is a well- nigh insurmountable one. Today's audience is one in which religious feeling has become, if not atrophied, at least vaporous and sentimental. — Flannery O'Connor

Home is simply a place where your friends wait for you to come back. — Nikolai Grozni

She shook her head. I didn't stand a chance, did I? It's been you the whole time. — Kiera Cass

Gabriel knew that he had let himself in for a certain amount of ridicule when he decided to allow himself to be worshiped. In the end he decided that the precedent of actually forbidding a religion was more distasteful than being plagued by the devout. — Walter Jon Williams

I fail to see why you did not understand that groceryman, he did not call it "ground ground nuts," he called it "ground ground-nuts" which is the only really SENSible thing to call it. Peanuts grow in the GROUND and are therefore GROUND-nuts, and after you take them out of the ground you grind them up and you have ground ground-nuts, which is a much more accurate name than peanut butter, you just don't understand English. — Helene Hanff

...After you have done everything to please a man and he's taken his pleasure with you, all you are for him is a whore, and a whore's daughter. — Pierre Louis

SOME writers have so confounded society with government, as to leave little or no distinction between them; whereas they are not only different, but have different origins. Society is produced by our wants, and government by wickedness; the former promotes our happiness positively by uniting our affections, the latter negatively by restraining our vices. — Thomas Paine

I actually feel about 15 percent peaceful, which is a huge improvement over my normal 5 percent. — Kirstin Cronn-Mills

The good news is dollars don't vote, people do. — Dave Brat

I would die for you, but i wouldn't live for you. — Ayn Rand

Who cares if you bunt for a base hit? — Pete Rose

Make your pain productive and you can transform tragedy into triumph. — Jaeda DeWalt