11 Quotes by Grégoire Delacourt

Desire is always followed by boredom. And only love can defeat boredom. Love with a capital L; we all dream of it.

Because our needs are our little daily dreams The little things to be done that project us into tomorrow, the day after tomorrow, the future; trivial things that we plan to buy next week, allowing us to think that next week we'll still be alive.

Oui, je pense que tout ce qui vient du passé n'est pas dépassé. Faire soi-même possède quelque chose de très beau; prendre le temps, c'est important. Oui, je pense que tout va trop vite. On parle trop vite. On réfléchit trop vite, quand on réfléchit! On envoie des mails, des textos sans se relire, on perd lélégance de l'orthographe, la politesse, le sens des choses. (p. 94)

Men know the damage a few words can do to girls’ hearts, and, idiots that we are, we swoon away and fall into the trap, excited because at last a man has set one for us

Sorrow is allowed, sorrow is advised; all we have to do is let go, all we have to do is love.

El amor soporta mejor la muerte que la traición.

I’d like to have the chance to decide what my life will be like, I think that’s the best present anyone can get. The chance to decide what your life will be like.

Mi felicidad, en cualquier caso. La mía. Con sus defectos. Sus banalidades. Sus pequeñeces. Pero mía.

Yo tenía lo que el dinero no podía comprar sino solo destruir. La felicidad.