9 Quotes by Emmanuel Bove

I asked myself whether a life devoid of any affection, of any goal, a life one fills with a thousand trifles intended to relieve its monotony, populated with human beings one seeks out in order not to be alone and whom one flees to avoid being bored by them, whether such a life isn't ridiculous, whether anything whatsoever wouldn't be preferable.

¡Ah! ¡La soledad, qué hermosa y triste cosa! ¡Qué hermosa cuando la escogemos! ¡Qué triste cuando nos es impuesta durante años!

People feel sorry for you if you sit down on a bench in the evening.

It is strange how everything changes when you are not there.

Solitude, what a sad and beautiful thing it is! How beautiful when we choose it! How sad when it is forced upon us year after year! Some strong men are not lonely when they are alone, but I, who am weak, am lonely when I have no friends.

If I do start life all over again, I’ll do so very cautiously, but will I even start? Caution, understanding, it’s all useless. There is weariness, and nothing more.

Raindrops were falling on the ground, never one on top of another.

I asked myself whether a life devoid of any affection, of any goal, a life one fills with a thousand trifles intended to relieve its monotony, populated with human beings one seeks out in order not to be alone and whom one flees to avoid being bored by them, whether such a life isn’t ridiculous, whether anything whatsoever wouldn’t be preferable.

Lovers are rude and selfish.