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Novelist

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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“shocked to realize how much vitality is required simply to support our primitive requirements, we wonder, bewildered, where Art fits in.”

Art Realizing Wonder Support Fit Primitive Requirements Shocked Vitality Bewildered

Author:Muriel Barbery

“People aim for the stars, and they end up like goldfish in a bowl. I wonder if it wouldn't be simpler just to teach children right from the start that life is absurd.”

People Ifs Life Children Ends Life Is Stars Wonder Teach Aim Absurd Bowls Goldfish

Book:The Elegance of the Hedgehog

Source: The Elegance of the Hedgehog

“In the end, I wonder if the true movement of the world might not be a voice raised in song.”

Ifs World Ends Might Song Voice Wonder Movement Raised

Author:Muriel Barbery

“People think that children don't know anything. It's enough to make you wonder if grownups were ever children once upon a time.”

People Ifs Thinking Knows Children Enough Wonder Once Upon A Time Grownups

Author:Muriel Barbery

“There's so much humanity in a love of trees, so much nostalgia for our first sense of wonder, so much power in just feeling our own insignificance when we are surrounded by nature...yes, that's it: just thinking about trees and their indifferent majesty and our love for them teaches us how ridiculous we are - vile parasites squirming on the surface of the earth - and at the same time how deserving of life we can be, when we can honor this beauty that owes us nothing.”

Thinking Firsts Feelings Earth Humanity Wonder Teach Tree Honor Surface Nostalgia Ridiculous Indifferent Our Love Majesty Deserving Parasites Sense Of Wonder Insignificance

Author:Muriel Barbery

“There's so much humanity in a love of trees, so much nostalgia for our first sense of wonder, so much power in just feeling our own insignificance when we are surrounded by nature.”

Firsts Feelings Humanity Wonder Tree Nostalgia Sense Of Wonder Insignificance

Author:Muriel Barbery

About the Author

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

Books & Sources

The Elegance of the HedgehogRelated source material

Une heure de ferveurRelated source material

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