Madame Merle Quotes

#1. The art of subversion, of revolution, is to dislodge established customs by probing down to their origins in order to show how they lack authority and justice.

Blaise Pascal

#2. It feels like giving up.
It feels like falling into bed after an all-night rave.
It feels that right.
It's surrender. It's that thing I have been searching for.

Corey Ann Haydu

#3. Madame Merle had once said that, in her belief, when a friendship ceased to grow, it immediately began to decline - there was no point of equilibrium between liking a person more and liking him less.

Henry James

#4. This new thing about liking yourself, I find that absolutely appalling. Anyone who likes themselves, I just can't go too close to them. To me it's pure stupidity. But having some peace with yourself, that's quite a relief.

Carole Bouquet

#5. As long as you are trying your very best, there can be no question of failure.

Mahatma Gandhi

#6. A good deal of education consists of unlearning-the breaking of bad habits as with a tennis serve.

Mary McCarthy

#7. Madame Merle was very appreciative; she liked almost everything, including the English rain. "There is always a little of it, and never too much at once," she said; "and it never wets you, and it always smells good.

Henry James

#8. Self-restraint is indulgence of the propensity to forgo.

Ambrose Bierce