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Edouard was trying to understand, to find out what he could have done to lose Beatrice's favor. He couldn't know that his unpardonable sin was the fact that he was too deserving.

— Françoise Sagan Dans un mois, dans un an (1957)

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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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