Patrick Modiano quotes
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“I just have two daughters and a grandson. So not a big family.”
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“On winning Literature Nobel Prize: I was actually in the street. Yes, I was in the street. It was my daughter who notified me.”
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“Nice is a city of ghosts and specters, but I hope not to become one of them right away.”
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“My wife's a lot younger than me ... thirty years difference . . . You should never marry a woman a lot younger than you ... Never ...”
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“For a long time - and this particular time with greater force than usual - summer has been a season that gives me a sense of emptiness and absence, and takes me back to the past.”
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“The doctor used to tell me that every person about to die becomes a music box playing the melody that best describes his life, his character, and his hopes. For some, it's a popular waltz; for others, a march.”
-- Patrick ModianoSource : Patrick Modiano (1971). “Night rounds”
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“When you really love someone, you must accept their part of mystery. And that’s why you love them.”
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“But I am a patient man. I can wait for hours in the rain”
-- Patrick ModianoSource : Patrick Modiano (2014). “Dora Bruder”, p.10, Univ of California Press
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“A man without scenery is completely disarmed.”
-- Patrick Modiano
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“Plant trees. They give us two of the most crucial elements for our survival: oxygen and books.”
Source : A. Whitney Brown (1991). “The Big Picture: An American Commentary”, Harper Perennial
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