Life itself, she thought, as she went upstairs to dress for dinner, was stranger than dreams and far, far more disordered.

I have only ever read one book in my life, and that is White Fang. It's so frightfully good I've never bothered to read another.

In France that is the one rule, never make trouble.

The great advantage of living in a large family is that early lesson of life's essential unfairness.

always either on a peak of happiness or drowning in black waters of despair they loved or they loathed, they lived in a world of superlatives

Life itself, she thought, as she went upstairs to dress for dinner, was stranger than dreams and far, far more disordered.

Do you always laugh when you make love?' said Fabrice. I hadn't thought about it, but I suppose I do. I generally laugh when I'm happy and cry when I'm not. Do you find it odd?