“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
“Personally I think that grammar is a way to attain beauty.” ThinkingWayGrammar Author:Muriel Barbery
“...we have to surpass ourselves every day, make every day undying. Climb our own personal Everest and do it in such a way that every step is a little bit of eternity. That's what the future is for: to build the present, with real plans, made by living people.” PeopleWayInspirationalLittlesMadeRealBitsStepsPlansLittle BitEternityClimbsEvery StepEverest Author:Muriel Barbery
“I know that they're all unhappy because nobody loves the right person the way they should and because they don't understand that it's really their own self that they're mad at.” KnowsWayShouldPersonsSelfMadUnhappyRight Person Author:Muriel Barbery
“In our world, that's the way you live your grown-up life: you must constantly rebuild your identity as an adult, the way it's been put together it is wobbly, ephemeral, and fragile, it cloaks despair and, when you're alone in front of the mirror, it tells you the lies you need to believe.” WorldWayNeedsBelieveTogetherLyingFrontsIdentityDespairAdultsMirrorsDeceitOur WorldFragileCloaksEphemeral Author:Muriel Barbery
“Personally I think that grammar is a way to attain Beauty. When you speak, or read, or write, you can tell if you've spoken or read or written a fine sentence. You can recognise a well-tuned phrase or an elegant style. But when you are applying the rules of grammar skilfully, you ascend to another level of the beauty of language. When you use grammar you peel back the layers, to see how it is all put together, to see it quite naked, in a way.” IfsThinkingWayWritingWellsUseTogetherSpeakLanguageLevelsWrittenStyleFineSentencesNakedPhrasesLayersElegantGrammarRecognise Author:Muriel Barbery
