Quotes by : Muriel Barbery

Personally I think that grammar is a way to attain beauty.

With her it's as if a text was written so that we can identify the characters, the narrator, the setting,....

For the first time in my life I understood the meaning of the word 'never'. And it's really awful. You....

Most people, when they move, well they just move depending on whatever's around them. At this very moment,....

So if there is something on the planet that is worth living for, I'd better not miss it, because once....

And on the way home I thought: pity the poor in spirit who know neither the enchantment nor the beauty....

Talent consists not in inventing shapes but in causing those that were invisible to emerge.

For a few seconds Maria did not move, or even breathe, apparently. Then she gave a sorrowful gulp and,....

I suddenly felt my spirit expand, for I was capable of grasping the utter beauty of the trees.

Maybe the greatest anger and frustration come not from unemployment or poverty or the lack of a future....