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French playwright born on June 21, 1935, and died on September 24, 2004. Francoise Sagan is known for her unique literary style and profound emotional expression, and is considered an important figure in French literature of the 20th century.

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Famous Francoise Sagan Quotes

“I don't think there's any intrinsic difference between a lover and a husband. ... If I were cynical, I would say that a woman should have both a good husband and a lover. But I'm not cynical so I'll just say that a woman should have a lover who's a good husband and a husband who's a good lover, perhaps both.”

Ifs Thinking Should Differences Lovers Husband Should Have Cynical Good Husband Good Love Good Lovers

Author:Francoise Sagan

“If you don't have imagination you're lost. But it's a virtue that's becoming increasingly rare, especially in its higher form: spontaneity. Mad, happy spontaneity.”

Ifs Form Lost Imagination Virtue Becoming Higher Mad Impulse Spontaneity

Author:Francoise Sagan

“If you treat life well, life is usually good to you. And I love life. There's a long-standing affair between us.”

Ifs Wells Long Life Is Standing Treats Affair Love Life I Love Life

Author:Francoise Sagan

“Life has confirmed for me the thoughts and impressions I had when I was 18, as if it was all intuition.”

Ifs Intuition Impression

Author:Francoise Sagan

“Writing is a question of finding a certain rhythm. I compare it to the rhythms of jazz. Much of the time life is a sort of rhythmic progression of three characters. If one tells oneself that life is like that, one feels it less arbitrary.”

Ifs Feels Writing Character Life Is Certain Three Findings Jazz Oneself Rhythm Compare Arbitrary Life Is Like Progression Finding The One

Author:Francoise Sagan

“I shall live badly if I do not write, and I shall write badly if I do not live.”

Ifs Writing Balance

Author:Francoise Sagan

“For what are we looking for if not to please? I do not know if the desire to attract others comes from a superabundance of vitality, possessiveness, or the hidden, unspoken need to be reassured.”

Ifs Knows Needs Desire Please Vitality Unspoken Possessiveness

Book:BONOUR TRISTESSE

Source: BONOUR TRISTESSE

“Passion is the salt of life, and that at the times when we are under its spell this salt is indispensable to us, even if we have got along very well without it before.”

Ifs Wells Passion Spells Salt Indispensable

Author:Francoise Sagan

About the Author

Born: June 21, 1935
Died: September 24, 2004
Known for: Playwright
Quotes: 83

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