Filles Quotes

“Anyone I love takes away part of my freedom, but in that case it is I who wished it; and there is so much pleasure in loving that one gladly sacrifices something for its sake. Any one who loves me takes away all my freedom. Anyone who admires me (as a writer) threatens to take it away from me. I even fear those who understand me, which is why I spend so much time covering my tracks - both in my private life and in the persona I express through my books. What would have delighted me, had I loved god, is the thought that god gives nothing in return.”

“It is impossible for a Parisian to resist the desire to flick through the old volumes laid out by a books”

“He was no god, just an artist; and when an artist is a man, he needs a woman to create like a god.”