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Of course the illusion of art is to make one believe that great literature is very close to life, but exactly the opposite is true. Life is amorphous, literature is formal.

— Françoise Sagan Paris Review interview (1956)

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No one, but no one, ever behaves "well" in bed unless they love or are loved — two conditions seldom fulfilled.

Scars on the Soul (1972)

Just because life is inelegant doesn't mean we have to behave likewise.

Scars on the Soul (1972)

It is healthier to see the good points of others than to analyze our own bad ones.

Un certain sourire (1955)

No one is more conventional than a woman who is falling out of love.

Dans un mois, dans un an (1957)

It's not doubt that drives people crazy, it's certainty that does.

Un chagrin de passage (1994)

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