Laurence Cosse Quotes

#1. By definition, confusion is beneficial to mediocrity. - Author: Laurence Cosse

#2. He had no more imaginary space, nowhere he could escape to, no more expectations, all he could do was make himself available to the present moment, to what was immeasurable, the terrible profusion of moments that make up a day. - Author: Laurence Cosse

#3. I had plenty of time,' he said, telling himself that was one of the saddest sentences there is. - Author: Laurence Cosse

#4. We want books that are written for those of us who doubt everything, who cry over the least little thing, who are startled by the slightest noise. - Author: Laurence Cosse

#5. We want splendid books ... books that prove to us that love is at work in the world next to evil, right up against it, at times indistinctly, and that it always will be ... - Author: Laurence Cosse

#6. Her strength, she would tell Van much later on, was nothing more nor less than the hope of, at last, attaining that goal which had become so important for her
not to succeed in doing something, but simply to do something good. - Author: Laurence Cosse

#7. There is nothing more difficult to master than repetition. If you do it badly, it's clumsy, stupid. When it's well done, it's like a little echo, like waves, poetry itself. - Author: Laurence Cosse

#8. And when I think there are people around me who complain they can't find anything good to read. What nonsense ... every month you and I discover a masterpiece. - Author: Laurence Cosse