Quotes by
Michel Tournier |
1924-2016 , French writer
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Quotations
| • | Germany is a machine for producing geniuses. Its crowning product was the German Jew which in suitably dramatic style it then tried to destroy. 4 |
| • | Work is against human nature. The proof is that it makes us tired. 2 |
| • | The writer's function is to prevent myths turning into allegories. 2 |
| • | I have often noticed that children's lies are only an effort to simplify to put within the reach of adults a situation whose delicacy exceeds them. |
| • | I have always been scandalized by the lightness of men who are passionately worried about what awaits them after death, and who care very little about what happened to them before their birth. |
