The first panacea for a mismanaged nation is inflation of the currency; the second is war. Both bring a temporary prosperity; both bring a permanent ruin. But both are the refuge of political and economic opportunists.

Drinking wine was not a snobbism nor a sign of sophistication nor a cult; it was as natural as eating and to me as necessary.

If the others heard me talking out loud they would think that I am crazy. But since I am not, I do not care.

Isn't it pretty to think so.

I loved her and I loved no one else and we had a lovely magic time while we were alone. I worked well and we made great trips, and I thought we were invulnerable again, and it wasn't until we were out of the mountains in late spring, and back in Paris, that the other thing started again.

It is by riding a bicycle that you learn the contours of a country best, since you have to sweat up the hills and coast down them.

All you have to do is write one true sentence. Write the truest sentence that you know.