246 Quotes by Émile Zola

On m'a soufflé mon dernier coin de soleil : C'est de la farce.

Oui, tout son mal venait de ce rire qu'il avait bu.

La nuit tombait, le jardin n'était plus qu'un grand cercueil d'ombre.

On cause de son mal, on ne se coupe pas le cœur en quatre tout d'un coup, on s'habitue à la séparation, enfin !

Things were definitely going badly. The night looked like ending in disaster. In one corner of the room Maria Blond had started squabbling with Léa de Horn, whom she accused of sleeping with men who weren't really rich.

Very well, sir. A woman's opinion, however humble she may be, is always worth listening to, if she's got any sense...If you put yourself in my hands, I shall certainly make a decent man of you.

What scum respectable people are!

If the world is to die in misery, let it at least go out with a song on its lips, and pity for itself.

Violence has never prospered, you can't remake the world in a day. Anyone who promises to change everything for you all at once is either a fool or a rogue!