Charriere Quotes

#1. Forgive those who have made you suffer.

Henri Charriere

#2. Watching a child makes it obvious that the development of his mind comes through his movements.

Maria Montessori

#3. I must prove that I can be, that I am and will be, a normal person. Perhaps no better, but certainly no worse than the rest.

Henri Charriere

#4. Sleep in peace, you members of the jury who condemned me to this place; sleep in peace,

Henri Charriere

#5. Because of laziness the building decays, And through idleness of hands the house leaks.

Anonymous

#6. Restriction often enhances clarity.

Richard J. Foster

#7. Just because you don't know something doesn't mean it's not true.

Marie Rutkoski

#8. We all go through rough times. We have those obstacles that seem too large to overcome or that current that you never seem to swim out of. We have to decide what matters most to us - our passions,

Bethany Hamilton

#9. It was worth having made this break for the people, the human beings it had brought me into contact with. Although it had failed, my escape had been a victory, merely by having enriched my heart with the friendship of these wonderful people. No, I was not sorry. I had done it.

Henri Charriere

#10. Life is based on comparisons

Henri Charriere

#11. What should we do? I was beginning to understand a few words of Spanish: to escape, fugar; prisoner, preso; to kill, matar; chain, cadena; handcuffs, esposas; man, hombre; woman, mujer.

Henri Charriere

#12. the butterflies that had just hatched hurried into the light to find love as

Henri Charriere

#13. Sometimes God wills for one of his children to experience human wickedness so that he will emerge stronger and nobler than ever.

Henri Charriere

#14. These blessed candles of the night.

William Shakespeare

#15. I've known this a long time, because when Napoleon III created the bagnes and was asked: "But who will guard these bandits?" he answered: "Worse bandits.

Henri Charriere

#16. ..here's the editor's prescription, writer: 1000 words daily until next checkup.

Rob Bignell, Editor

#17. Those who haven't been exposed to the hypocrisies of a civilized education react to things 'naturally', as they happen. It is in the here and now that they are either happy or unhappy, joyful or sad, interested or indifferent.

Henri Charriere

#18. When you're suffering, you're oversensitive to everything.

Henri Charriere

#19. Where there is life, there is hope.

Henri Charriere

#20. You want me to be killed? Why are you taking away my knife? I guess you realize you're sending me to my grave?

Henri Charriere