He had preserved the best part of her and made it his own: the principle of her scent.

...talent means nothing, while experience, acquired in humility and with hard work, means everything.

He succeeded in being considered totally uninteresting. People left him alone. And that was all he wanted.

He realized that all his life he had been a nobody to everyone. What he now felt was the fear of his own oblivion. It was as though he did not exist.

People left him alone. And that was all he wanted.

Not a visible enthusiasm but a hidden one, an excitement burning with a cold flame.

She was indeed a girl of exquisite beauty. She was one of those languid women made of dark honey smooth and sweet and terribly sticky.

...he came to the conclusion that you cannot depend on people, and that you can live in peace only if you keep them at arm's length.

He who ruled scent ruled the hearts of men.

He was not bound. No one led him by the arm. He got out of the carriage as if he were a free man.

He decided in favor of life out of sheer spite and malice.

God helps those who strut their stuff.

When his wife was at his side, she was also in front of him, marking out the horizon of his life. Now the horizon is empty: the view has changed.

Being self-sufficient is not selfish

All religions are essentially the same in their goal of developing a good human heart so that we may become better human beings.

Tis' better to live your own life imperfectly than to imitate someone else's perfectly.

If the wicked flourish and the fittest survive, Nature must be the god of rascals.

The first film I remember seeing was Bambi. It has stayed with me because it was so sad.

Platinum is a lot of things: it's hair, it's diamonds and platinum

Stop being scared of the unknown, because anything I worried about didn't happen. Other stuff happened. The unknown, we can't do anything about.

The biggest pitfall as you make your way through your life is impatience.