Quotes by Georges Simenon

Writing is not a profession but a vocation of unhappiness.

#Georges Simenon

Trotsky rises to give me his hand, then sits at his desk, gently allowing his...

#Georges Simenon

The lake and the mountains have become my landscape, my real world.

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The fact that we are I don't know how many millions of people, yet communication,...

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One of them, for example, which will probably haunt me more than any other is...

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Of course, I also gave him the ineffable pleasures of pipe smoking. And no children,...

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It was night and I could see a large and calm lake, reflecting the moon....

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I saw Mussolini tirelessly contemplate a parade of thousands of young men.

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I have always tried to write in a simple way, using down-to-earth and not abstract...

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I adore life but I don't fear death. I just prefer to die as late...

#Georges Simenon

Writing is not a profession but a vocation of unhappiness

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