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Muriel Barbery, born on May 28, 1969, is a renowned French novelist. Her works are known for their unique perspective and profound thinking, which have won her a wide audience.

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“Just as teardrops, when they are large and round and compassionate, can leave a long strand washed clean of discord, the summer rain as it washes away the motionless dust can bring to a person's soul something like endless breathing.”

Persons Long Soul Summer Rain Clean Rounds Endless Dust Breathing Compassionate Strands Discord Teardrop Summer Rain

Author:Muriel Barbery

“Moments like this act as magical interludes, placing our hearts at the edge of our souls: fleetingly, yet intensely, a fragment of eternity has come to enrich time...When tea becomes ritual, it takes its place at the heart of our ability to see greatness in small things.”

Heart Soul Moments Ability Greatness Eternity Edges Tea Ritual Fragments Small Things Ability To See

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.”

World May Soul Light Lost Sleep Silence Wind Drink Cat Warm Flight Cups Tea Autumn Surround Pool Aspire Mourn Cups Of Tea Insignificance Lost Souls Autumn Leaves

Author:Muriel Barbery

“It would be so much better if we could share our insecurity, if we could all venture inside ourselves and realize that green beans and vitamin C, however much they nurture us, cannot save lives, or sustain our souls.”

Ifs Soul Would Be Realizing Share Green Insecurity Venture Nurture Beans Vitamins Save A Life Green Beans

Author:Muriel Barbery

“Beautiful things should belong to beautiful souls.”

Should Soul Beautiful Beautiful Things Beautiful Soul

Book:The Elegance of the Hedgehog

Source: The Elegance of the Hedgehog

“Entrusting one's life is not the same as opening up one's soul.”

Soul Life Is Opening Opening Up Entrusting

Author:Muriel Barbery

“Some people are incapable of perceiving in the object of their contemplation the very thing that gives it its intrinsic life and breath, and they spend their entire lives conversing about mankind as if they were robots, and about things as though they have no soul and must be reduced to what can be said about them - all at the whim of their own subjective inspiration.”

People Ifs Giving Said Soul Inspiration Mankind Objects Breaths Contemplation Incapable Robots Subjective Whim

Author:Muriel Barbery

About the Author

Born: May 28, 1969
Known for: Novelist
Quotes: 162

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The Elegance of the HedgehogRelated source material

Une heure de ferveurRelated source material

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