Quotessence
Home / Authors / Ágota Kristóf

Ágota Kristóf Quotes

Author

Filter quotes by topic

Famous Ágota Kristóf Quotes

“I go to bed and before falling asleep I talk to Lucas in my head the way I have for many years. What I tell him is just about what I usually do. I tell him that if he's dead he's lucky and I'd very much like to be in his place. I tell him that he got the better deal, that it is I who is pulling the greater weight. I tell him that life is totally useless, that it's nonsense, an aberration, infinite suffering, the invention of a non-God whose evil surpasses understanding.”

“Nous écrirons : « Nous mangeons beaucoup de noix », et non pas : « Nous aimons les noix », car le mot « aimer » n’est pas sûr, il manque de précision et d’objectivité. […] Les mots qui définissent les sentiments sont très vagues; il vaut mieux éviter leur emploi et s’en tenir à la description des objets, des êtres humains et de soi-même, c’est-à-dire à la description fidèles des faits.”