It is easy to sit up and take notice, What is difficult is getting up and taking action.
Honore de BalzacVocations which we wanted to pursue, but didn't, bleed, like colors, on the whole of our existence.
Honore de BalzacMarriage must fight constantly against a monster which devours everything: routine.
Honore de BalzacQuand on connaît Paris, on ne croit à rien de ce qui s'y dit, et on ne dit rien de ce qui s'y fait.
Honore de BalzacI tended to emphasize the secular, the casual, the colloquial, the vernacular against the sacred.
David Antin