Georges Duhamel
Georges Duhamel
Georges Duhamelwas a French author, born in Paris. Duhamel trained as a doctor, and during World War I was attached to the French Army. In 1920, he published Confession de minuit, the first of a series featuring the anti-hero Salavin. In 1935, he was elected as a member of the Académie française...
book heart men
A library is that venerable place where men preserve the history of their experience, their tentative experiments, their discoveries, and their plans... in books may be found the recipes for daily living - the prescriptions for the mind and the heart.
god ideas too-much
I have too much respect for the idea of God to make it responsible for such an absurd world.
moving thinking want
I can no longer think what I want to think. My thoughts have been replaced by moving images.
memories real color
We do not know the true value of our moments until they have undergone the test of memory. Like the images the photographer plunges into a golden bath, our sentiments take on color; and only then, after that recoil and that trans-figuration, do we understand their real meaning and enjoy them in all their tranquil splendor.
trust beautiful memories
Do not trust your memory; it is a net full of holes; the most beautiful prizes slip through it.
thinking brave bravery
It is always brave to say what everyone thinks.