Jean Anouilh

Tragedy is restful: and the reason is that hope, that foul, deceitful thing, has no part in it.

Tragedy is restful: and the reason is that hope, that foul, deceitful thing, has no part in it.

Have you noticed that life, real honest to goodness life, with murders and catastrophes and fabulous inheritances, happens almost exclusively read more

Have you noticed that life, real honest to goodness life, with murders and catastrophes and fabulous inheritances, happens almost exclusively in newspapers?

Propaganda is a soft weapon; hold it in your hands too long, and it will move about like a snake, read more

Propaganda is a soft weapon; hold it in your hands too long, and it will move about like a snake, and strike the other way.

Love is, above all, the gift of oneself

Love is, above all, the gift of oneself

Life is a wonderful thing to talk about, or to read about in history books - but it is terrible read more

Life is a wonderful thing to talk about, or to read about in history books - but it is terrible when one has to live it