"The Elegance of the Hedgehog" Quotes
A concierge and a twelve-year-old girl form an unexpected friendship through their shared love of philosophy and literature.
fiction | 287 pages | Published in 2013
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.
