228 Quotes by Romain Gary

That night I hardly slept a wink, but turned over and over in my tent; never until then had I felt so alone or so deserted. Perhaps even the elephants are too small, I thought, as I stared into the darkness, and we need a far bigger and more affectionate presence at our side.

Besides, he had slept with a good number of women in his life: it had nothing to do with that need for company. He stubbed out his cigarette in the sand: What he needed was a good dog who would come and offer his paw from time to time.

میلیونها و میلیاردها آدم توی این دنیا هست که همشون می تونن بی «تو» زندگی کنن. اما آخه چرا من نمی تونم؟! این درد رو کجا ببرم؟! «من نمی تونم بی تو زندگی کنم!» کاری که هر کسی می تونه بکنه، کاری که از یه بچۀ پنج ساله بر می آد از من بر نمی آد

Perhaps, there was something missing in me, a lack of empathy without which even love and happiness are merely a part of that struggle toward championship.

Elle n'avait jamais vraiment aimé les impressionnistes. Elle trouvait qu'ils manquaient d'outrance, de passion. Seul Renoir, parfois, savait traiter un corps de femme avec ce manque de respect qui lui était dû.

I can't help it. I've always been a philanthropist. For the legitimate aspirations of the peoples, arms and explosives were necessary, and for the legitimate aspirations of the human soul, drugs were necessary. Always in the front rank of the benefactors of humanity, you see.

I aimed as well as I could.''So as not to kill?'''You never teach a man anything by killing him. On the contrary, you make him forget everything.

— Когато човек пътува неспирно, в крайна сметка остава без познати…Замълчах. Той разбра, прие вид сякаш е изгубил на рулетка всичко, което е имал. Вдигна и сложи шапката си и придружи пудела до бара.— Какво сте правил като барман в Лас Вегас през 1975?— Нищо. Не съм бил там. Но този човек имаше нужда да познава някого…

— Когато човек толкова бързо разпознава самотата при един непознат…— Няма да се впускаме в подобни откровения, госпожо — казах с огромно достойнство.