Histoire D'o Quotes

#1. Be guided by the love of enjoyment, rather than the fear of making a mistake, when things are perfect, in a way, nothing has been learned.

Josephine Araldo

#2. I specialize in what the French call la petite histoire. I am interested in the individual thumbprint.

Katherine Anne Porter

#3. A French friend brought over a load of Gainsbourg vinyl and I worked my way through it: by the time I got to L'Histoire De Melody Nelson (1969) I was thinking, 'How can this man have died before I got to know his music?' I was a convert.

Sylvie Simmons

#4. I have records in gold, in platinum, I have two Oscars, I have Grammys and so on.

Celine Dion

#5. I shall be a carrion monster, he whispered into the coral shell of her ear, an organ of women he found unspeakably moving in its soft, whorling vortex, and which always seemed to him an invitation to adventure. He very softly kissed her lobe.

Richard Flanagan

#6. The gun jammed on the last shot and the baby stood holding the crib rail, eyes wild, bawling.

Louise Erdrich

#7. Finally, she was doing something. She didn't know what, exactly, but action always suited her better than waiting around.

Ann Brashares