Monsieur Perdu Quotes

#1. Whenever Monsieur Perdu looked at a book, he did not see it purely in terms of a story, retail price and an essential balm for the soul; he saw freedom on wings of paper.

Nina George

#2. We do choose how we shall live

Joseph Epstein

#3. I'm really good at pretending.

Sophie McShera

#4. The greatest of all contraceptives is affluence.

Indira Gandhi

#5. Hank wants to have a conversation tonight. We had a conversation last night! I can't have another conversation! He'l say shit that freaks me out because he's, like, in my brain. We haven't even known each other for two weeks! How can he be in my brain? It's unreal ..

Kristen Ashley

#6. To an American the whole purpose of living, the one constant confirmation of continued existence, is to cram as much as sensual pleasure as possible into one's mouth more or less continuously. Gratification, instant and lavish, is a birthright

Bill Bryson

#7. I was young I was so young it hurt like a knife
inside
because there was no alternative except to hide as long
as possible
not in self-pity but with dismay at my limited chance:
trying to connect.

Charles Bukowski

#8. Most doctors are prisoners of their education and shackled by their profession.

Richard Diaz

#9. The majority is wicked.

Bias Of Priene

#10. Chaos is what we've lost touch with. This is why it is given a bad name. It is feared by the dominant archetype of our world, which is Ego, which clenches because its existence is defined in terms of control.

Terence McKenna

#11. Famous people like to choose friends who won't go around repeating their conversations and details about them.

David Sedaris

#12. Some beliefs are so dangerous that it may be ethical to kill people for believing them.

Sam Harris

#13. I love the satisfaction of living in a world on a Wednesday where a song didn't exist that you're going to create on a Thursday that's going to change somebody's life, possibly, you're creating that from nothing.

Noel Gallagher

#14. People decide how to live their own lives! A scum bastard doesn't have the right to chain anyone down! -Sven to Torneo

Kentaro Yabuki

#15. We come by aurora,
with a heavy and sovereign tread,
with the might of matriarchs to furnish our shoulders,
with the apricity of light to crown our heads

Michelle Franklin