Human friends, friends in hardship and in life, this is our pure love, love of mother and son.
Quotes from Le livre de ma mère [The Book of My Mother — Albert Cohen
1895–1981 Greece
14 quotes
Alone dwells every man and everyone mocks everyone else, and a deserted island is our pain.
Le livre de ma mère [The Book of My Mother (1954)
She answers no more, the one who used to answer always.
Le livre de ma mère [The Book of My Mother (1954)
With her alone I could be far away from everyone.
Le livre de ma mère [The Book of My Mother (1954)
She does not talk anymore, the one who used to talk so pleasantly.
Le livre de ma mère [The Book of My Mother (1954)
Brothers, my human brothers, force me to believe in eternal life.
Le livre de ma mère [The Book of My Mother (1954)
My true single consolation is that she is not present to see me in my agony of her death.
Le livre de ma mère [The Book of My Mother (1954)
Le livre de ma mère [The Book of My Mother (1954)
Only with her I was not alone, now I am alone with everyone.
Le livre de ma mère [The Book of My Mother (1954)
Le livre de ma mère [The Book of My Mother (1954)
Le livre de ma mère [The Book of My Mother (1954)
In my solitude I sing to myself a sweet lullaby, as sweet as my mother used to sing to me.
Le livre de ma mère [The Book of My Mother (1954)
Le livre de ma mère [The Book of My Mother (1954)
Le livre de ma mère [The Book of My Mother (1954)
Attribution
Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Albert Cohen (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.