“Elsewhere the world may be blustering or sleeping, wars are fought, people live and die, some nations disintegrate, while others are born, soon to be swallowed up in turn - and in all this sound and fury, amidst eruptions and undertows, while the world goes its merry way, bursts into flames, tears itself apart and is reborn: human life continues to throb.” PeopleWorldWayHumansMayWarDiesTurnsNationsSoundBornSleepTearsHuman LifeFlamesElsewhereFuryMerryRebornEruptionUndertow Author:Muriel Barbery
“Yes, the world may aspire to vacuousness, lost souls mourn beauty, insignificance surrounds us. Then let us drink a cup of tea. Silence descends, one hears the wind outside, autumn leaves rustle and take flight, the cat sleeps in a warm pool of light. And, with each swallow, time is sublimed.” WorldMaySoulLightLostSleepSilenceWindDrinkCatWarmFlightCupsTeaAutumnSurroundPoolAspireMournCups Of TeaInsignificanceLost SoulsAutumn Leaves Author:Muriel Barbery
“Yes, our eyes may perceive, yet they do not observe; they may believe, yet they do not question; they may receive yet they do not search: they are emptied of desire, with neither hunger nor passion.” BelieveMayEyeDesirePassionHungerPerceive Author:Muriel Barbery
“I may know that the world is an ugly place, I still don't want to see it.” KnowsWorldWantMayStillsUgly Author:Muriel Barbery
“Poverty is a reaper: it harvests everything inside us that might have made us capable of social intercourse with others, and leaves us empty, purged of feeling, so that we may endure all the darkness of the present day.” MayMadeFeelingsMightSocialCompassionPovertyDarknessCapableEthicsEmptyEndureHarvestStewardshipIntercoursePresent DayReaper Author:Muriel Barbery
“I may be indigent in name, position, and in appearance, but in my own mind I am an unrivaled goddess -” MindMayNamesMy OwnPositionAppearanceGoddess Author:Muriel Barbery
“What is an aristocrat? A woman who is never sullied by vulgarity, although she may be surrounded by it.” MayVulgarity Author:Muriel Barbery
