146 Quotes by Françoise Sagan

My love of pleasure seems to be the only consistent side of my character. Is it because I have not read enough?

I did not find him absurd. I saw he was kind, that he was on the verge of real love. I thought it would be nice for me to be in love with him, too.

He lifted me up and held me close against him, my head on his shoulder. At that moment I loved him. In the morning light he was as golden, as soft, as gentle as myself, and he would protect me.

Only by pursuing the extremes in one's nature, with all its contradictions, appetites, aversions, rages, can one hope to understand a little ... oh, I admit only a very little ... of what life is about.

We are torn between the craving to know and the despair of having known.

Looking for pleasure is the best way to ensure you won't find it.

One partner is always more in love than the other.

When you make a decision to write according to a set schedule and really stick to it, you find yourself writing very fast. At least I do.

No one, but no one, ever behaves 'well' in bed unless they love or are loved - two conditions seldom fulfilled.