Irene Nemirovsky quotes

How sad the world is, so beautiful yet so absurd. (Irene Nemirovsky)
... for music alone can abolish differences of language or culture between two people and invoke something indestructible within them. View quote
Irene Nemirovsky
When I was born I was so surprised I didn't talk for a year and a half. View quote
Irene Nemirovsky
After all, people judge one another according to their own feelings. It is only the miser who sees other enticed by money, the lustful who see others obsessed by desire. View quote
Irene Nemirovsky
... because all happiness is contagious, and disarms the spirit of hatred. View quote
Irene Nemirovsky
He hated the war; it threatened much more than his lifestyle or peace of mind. It continually destroyed the world of the imagination, the only world where he felt happy. View quote
Irene Nemirovsky
When you love someone as much as that, you don't believe they can die. You think your love protects them. View quote
Irene Nemirovsky
All the light of the day, fleeing the earth, seemed for one brief moment to take refuge in the sky; pink clouds spiralled round the full moon that was as green as pistachio sorbet and as clear as glass; it was reflected in the lake. View quote
Irene Nemirovsky

Irene Nemirovsky

Irene Nemirovsky - Image
Occupation: Novelist
Born: February 24, 1903
Died: August 17, 1942
Quotes count: 8

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