Romain Gary Quotes

French writer and diplomat (1914–1980)

Romain Gary, born Romain Kacew (8 May 1914 - 2 December 1980) was a Jewish-French novelist, film director, WWII pilot and diplomat. He wrote under many pseudonyms including Shatan Bogat, Rene Deville and Fosco Sinibaldi. He is the only author to have won the Prix Goncourt twice, once under his own name and again under the pseudonym Émile Ajar.

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Pen Names: Fosco Sinibaldi • Shatan Bogat • Émile Ajar • Lucien Brulard • René Deville

Alternative Names: Emile Ajar • Roman Kacew

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-Jis vertė mane skaityti Prustą, Tostojų, ir Dostojevskį,- pareiškė vargšelė, nužvelgusi mus širdį veriančiu žvilgsniu. - Kas gi su manim dabar bus?

There is more to Jewish history than Auschwitz.

The inhumanity of it is what makes Nazism so horrible — that's what people always say. Sure. But there's no denying the obvious: part of being human is the inhumanity of it. As long as we refuse to admit that inhumanity is completely human, we'll just be telling ourselves pious lies.

Аз мисля, че живота трябва да го живеем в най-ранна възраст, защото после се обезценяваш и никой нищо не ти дава даром.

Perhaps, there was something missing in me, a lack of empathy without which even love and happiness are merely a part of that struggle toward championship.

Мълчахме и това решаваше всичко: мълчанието не ставаше непоносимо. Намирах, че има объркан вид, но може би просто имах нужда от надежда.

Много ясно си спомням този миг от живота си, понеже беше досущ като останалите.

Винаги ми се е искало да бъда мръсник, на когото не му пука от нищо, само че тъкмо когато не си мръсник, се чувстваш такъв, защото истинските мръсници не чувстват абсолютно нищо. Така че единственият начин да не се чувстваш мръсник, е да бъдеш мръсник.

Quand on a envie de crever, le chocolat a encore meilleur goût que d'habitude.

Humour is an affirmation of dignity, a declaration of man's superiority to all that befalls him.

لنی پاپ را دوست داشت . او خیلی از کسانی را که هرگز ندیده بود دوست داشت . بهترین آدم ها همان ها بودند که او هرگز ندیده بود

Small attentions make great friends.

مصونیت سیاسی چیز مقدسی است. آدم را به قدری خوب از همۀ بلایا حفظ می کند که عاقبت زیرابتان از داخل زده می شود. حباب شیشه ای که حافظ شماست دست آخر خفه تان می کند

Je revenais du lycée et m'attablais devant le plat. Ma mère, debout, me regardait manger avec cet air apaisé des chiennes qui allaitent leurs petits.

Elle refusait d'y toucher elle-même et m'assurait qu'elle n'aimait que les légumes et que la viande et les graisses lui étaient strictement défendues.

Un jour, quittant la table, j'allai à la cuisine boire un verre d'eau.

Ma mère était assise sur un tabouret; elle tenait sur ses genoux la poêle à frire où mon bifteck avait été cuit. Elle en essuyait soigneusement le fond graisseux avec des morceaux de pain qu'elle mangeait ensuite avidement et, malgré son geste rapide pour dissimuler la poêle sous la serviette, je sus soudain, dans un éclair, toute la vérité sur les motifs réels de son régime végétarien.

L’amour, tu sais, ce dont il a le plus besoin, c’est l’imagination. Il faut que chacun invente l’autre avec toute son imagination, avec toutes ses forces et qu’il ne cède pas un pouce du terrain à la réalité ; alors, là, lorsque deux imaginations se rencontrent… Il n’y a rien de plus beau.