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Émile Zola on Anniversary

1840–1902 France

← All quotes by Émile Zola

8 quotes

When younger, he had been fun-loving to the point of tedium.

Pot-Bouille (1882)

Could he love this one, without killing her?

La Bête humaine (1890)

If people can just love each other a little bit, they can be so happy.

Germinal (1885)

She wanted to live, and live fully, and to give life, she who loved life! What was the good of existing, if you couldn’t give yourself?

La joie de vivre (1883)

The certainty of having her as his wife prevented him from feeling any desire for her.

Au Bonheur des Dames (1883)

The pride of abnegation had vanished, and she was willing that those she loved should be happy through other instrumentality than her own.

La joie de vivre (1883)

She was cold by nature, self-love predominating over passion; rather than being virtuous, she preferred to have her pleasures all to herself.

Pot-Bouille (1882)

When Hélène came back, ... she said to herself that they had never loved one another less than that day.

Une page d'amour (1878)

Attribution

Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Émile Zola (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.