Quotes by Jean Anouilh

Love is, above all, the gift of oneself.

One cannot weep for the entire world, it is beyond human strength. One must choose.

Men create real miracles when they use their God-given courage and intelligence.

An ugly sight, a man who is afraid.

It takes a certain courage and a certain greatness to be truly base.

Until the day of his death, no man can be sure of his courage.

Some men like to make a little garden out of life and walk down a path.

God is on everyones side... and in the last analysis, he is on the side with plenty of money and large armies.

Our entire life - consists ultimately in accepting ourselves as we are.

“I spit on your happiness! I spit on your idea of life--that life that must go on, come what may. You are all like dogs that lick everything they smell. You with your promise of a humdrum happiness--provided a person doesnt ask much of life. I want everything of life, I do; and I want it now! I want it total, complete: otherwise I reject it! I will not be moderate. I will not be satisfied with the bit of cake you offer me if I promise to be a good little girl. I want to be sure of everything this very day; sure that everything will be as beautiful as when I was a little girl. If not, I want to die!”

“Talent is a faucet. When it is on, one must write. Inspiration is a farce that poets have invented to give themselves importance.”