The Devil in the Flesh
Raymond Radiguet
Top 10 Best Quotes
“Facing death calmly is praiseworthy only if one faces it alone. Death together is no longer death, even for unbelievers. The source of sorrows lies not in leaving life, but in leaving that which gives it meaning. When love is our whole life, what difference is there between living together and dying together ?”
“Instinct is ourguide; a guide which leads to our fall.”
“ We derive our greatest pleasures not from novelty but from familiarity.”
“What distresses us is not loosing life, but losing what gives it meaning.”
“The source of sorrows lies not in leaving life, but in leaving that which gives it meaning.”
“Happiness thinks only of itself.”
“True premonitions grow in depths where our thoughts never go. And sometimes they make us do things whose meaning we totally misunderstand.”
“Is the selfishness of children really so different from our own? During the summer in the country we curse the rain, while the farmers are crying out for it.”
“I loved it when my heart beat quickly and erratically. Yet I found this performance, which was deeply poetic, more enjoyable.”
“The flavour of that first kiss disappointed me, like fruit you taste for the first time. It's not in new things that we experience the greatest pleasure, but in habit.”
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human-behavior, subconscious-mind, death, love, happiness, selfishness, impulsivity, insanity, life, human-nature, children, performance, loyalty, relationships, desperation, selfishness-never-bothered, premonitions, art, meaning
