Tristesse Quotes

#1. I have always wanted to go to Trieste because it sounds like tristesse, which is a light-hearted word, even though in French it means sadness. In Spanish it is tristeza, which is heavier than French sadness, more of a groan than a whisper.

Deborah Levy

#2. I dreamt of being a writer once I started to read. I started to write 'Bonjour Tristesse' in bistros around the Sorbonne. I finished it, I sent it to editors. It was accepted.

Francoise Sagan

#3. La tristesse durera toujours.
[The sadness will last forever.]

Vincent Van Gogh

#4. I feel that we can't educate children who are not healthy, and we can't keep them healthy if they're not educated. There has to be a marriage between health and education. You can't learn if your mind is full of unhealthy images from daily life and confusion about right and wrong.

Joycelyn Elders

#5. Sure I eat my feelings, but I save the emotional roller coaster for dessert

Josh Stern

#6. When you look at something and think of all the ways you would change it, then you're not accepting it for what it is, nor are you truly appreciating it.

Tristesse Genevieve

#7. When you watch the news and see members of your species in turmoil, do not think there is nothing you can do. But know it is not done by watching news.

Matt Haig

#8. For what are we looking for if not to please? I do not know if the desire to attract others comes from a superabundance of vitality, possessiveness, or the hidden, unspoken need to be reassured.

Francoise Sagan

#9. A man can accomplish much when the woman he loves supports him, even if she believes that what he does is foolishness.

Steve Berry

#10. I'm all about the high heel; I think it's the sexiest accessory ever made, including lingerie.

Nina Garcia