Life has a way of setting things in order and leaving them be. Very tidy, is life.

Quote by Jean Anouilh

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Talent is like a faucet, while it is open, one must write.

Talent is like a faucet, while it is open, one must write.

I like reality. It tastes like bread.

I like reality. It tastes like bread.

Tragedy is restful: and the reason is that hope, that foul, deceitful thing, has no...

Tragedy is restful: and the reason is that hope, that foul, deceitful thing, has no...

One cannot weep for the entire world, it is beyond human strength. One must choose.

One cannot weep for the entire world, it is beyond human strength. One must choose.

Oh, love is real enough; you will find it someday, but it has one archenemy...

Oh, love is real enough; you will find it someday, but it has one archenemy...

All evil comes from the old.They grow fat on ideas and young men die of...

All evil comes from the old.They grow fat on ideas and young men die of...

Our entire life - consists ultimately in accepting ourselves as we are.

Our entire life - consists ultimately in accepting ourselves as we are.

Until the day of his death, no man can be sure of his courage.

Until the day of his death, no man can be sure of his courage.

There is love of course. And then there's life, its enemy.

There is love of course. And then there's life, its enemy.

Have you noticed that life, with murders and catastrophes and fabulous inheritances, happens almost exclusively...

Have you noticed that life, with murders and catastrophes and fabulous inheritances, happens almost exclusively...

Men create real miracles when they use their God-given courage and intelligence

Men create real miracles when they use their God-given courage and intelligence

Saintliness is also a temptation

Saintliness is also a temptation

What fun it would be to be poor, as long as one was excessively poor!...

What fun it would be to be poor, as long as one was excessively poor!...

Love is, above all, the gift of oneself.

Love is, above all, the gift of oneself.

Love is, above all, the gift of oneself.

Love is, above all, the gift of oneself.

Propaganda is a soft weapon; hold it in your hands too long, and it will...

Propaganda is a soft weapon; hold it in your hands too long, and it will...

The only immorality is not to do what one has to do when one has...

The only immorality is not to do what one has to do when one has...

What fun it would be to be poor, as long as one was excessively poor!...

What fun it would be to be poor, as long as one was excessively poor!...

Use, do not abuse; neither abstinence nor excess ever renders man happy.

Use, do not abuse; neither abstinence nor excess ever renders man happy.

A moderate addiction to money may not always be hurtful; but when taken in excess...

A moderate addiction to money may not always be hurtful; but when taken in excess...

They say it is better to be poor and happy than rich and miserable, but...

They say it is better to be poor and happy than rich and miserable, but...