I have lost my seven best friends, which is to say God has had mercy on me seven times without realizing it. He lent a friendship, took it from me, sent me another.

Quote by Jean Cocteau

Topics: Friends Quotes

After the writer's death, reading his journal is like receiving a long letter.

After the writer's death, reading his journal is like receiving a long letter.

All good music resembles something. Good music stirs by its mysterious resemblance to the objects...

All good music resembles something. Good music stirs by its mysterious resemblance to the objects...

The day of my birth, my death began its walk. It is walking toward me,...

The day of my birth, my death began its walk. It is walking toward me,...

After the writer's death, reading his journal is like receiving a long letter.

After the writer's death, reading his journal is like receiving a long letter.

There are truths which one can only say after having won the right to say...

There are truths which one can only say after having won the right to say...

A true poet does not bother to be poetical. Nor does a nursery gardener scent...

A true poet does not bother to be poetical. Nor does a nursery gardener scent...

Art is a marriage of the conscious and the unconscious.

Art is a marriage of the conscious and the unconscious.

The reward of art is not fame or success but intoxication: that is why so...

The reward of art is not fame or success but intoxication: that is why so...

The course of a river is almost always disapproved of by the source.

The course of a river is almost always disapproved of by the source.

One must be a living man and a posthumous artist.

One must be a living man and a posthumous artist.

I believe in luck: how else can you explain the success of those you don't...

I believe in luck: how else can you explain the success of those you don't...

It is not I who become addicted, it is my body.

It is not I who become addicted, it is my body.

Tact in audacity is knowing how far you can go without going too far.

Tact in audacity is knowing how far you can go without going too far.

The actual tragedies of life bear no relation to one's preconceived ideas. In the event,...

The actual tragedies of life bear no relation to one's preconceived ideas. In the event,...

Style is a simple way of saying complicated things

Style is a simple way of saying complicated things

Poetry is indispensable - if I only knew what for.

Poetry is indispensable - if I only knew what for.

You can't expect to be a lucky dog if you spend all your time growling

You can't expect to be a lucky dog if you spend all your time growling

What looks like a loss may be the very event which is subsequently responsible for...

What looks like a loss may be the very event which is subsequently responsible for...

I'm a lucky guy and I'm happy to be with the Yankees. And I want...

I'm a lucky guy and I'm happy to be with the Yankees. And I want...

I'd love to go to school, but every time I try I get a movie....

I'd love to go to school, but every time I try I get a movie....