Muriel Barbery
Born: 01-01-1969
Muriel Barbery is a French novelist renowned for her elegant prose and philosophical insights. Born in 1969 in Casablanca, Morocco, she gained international acclaim with her bestselling novel "The Elegance of the Hedgehog." Before becoming a full-time writer, Barbery taught philosophy, a discipline that deeply influences her writing. Her works often explore themes of beauty, art, and the human condition, resonating with readers worldwide for their depth and poignancy.
Book summaries for books written by Muriel Barbery
Quotes
We have to take advantage when luck smiles on us, and do everything we can to help it on its way.
The thing is to struggle, endure, and prevail.
Feelings don't want to be felt.
People aim for the stars and they end up like goldfish in the proverbial bowl.
Thinking is easy, acting is difficult, and to put one’s thoughts into action is the most difficult thing in the world.
The essence of human life is kindness; kindness in its many forms, kindness that graces us in so many ways.
I discovered the secret of happiness: it is work, difficult, arduous work.
True elegance means exactly what it is: the elevation of our humanity.
Greatness is nothing unless it be lasting.
Beauty is seldom soft or consolatory. Quite the contrary. Genuine beauty is always quite alarming.
There's nothing more beautiful than what disappears before our very eyes.
Sometimes fate is like a small sandstorm that keeps changing directions. You change direction, but the sandstorm chases you. You turn again, but the storm adjusts. Over and over you play this out, like some ominous dance with death just before dawn.