“No, you're mistaken. Not 'What filthy weather' but 'It's a fine rainy day.”

“Your love for her belongs to you. It's yours. Even if she refuses it, she cannot change it. She isn't benefiting from it, thats all. What you give, Momo, is yours forever. What you keep is lost for all time!"-Monsieur Ibrahim”

“Women are pleasing because they come to us wrapped in the catkin of an enigma and they cease to please when they lose their intrigue.Do women believe that men are only interested in what's between their legs? That would be an error.:men are more attracted by a woman's romantic side than by her sexuality.”

“Il n'y a pas de solution à la vie sinon vivre.”

“... le prime cose che Hélène percepiva nella gente erano la mediocrità, la meschinità, la vigliaccheria, la gelosia, l'insicurezza, la paura; forse perché quei sentimenti erano presenti in lei, li individuava subito negli altri. Antoine invece era portato ad attribuire al prossimo intenzioni nobili, motivazioni di valore, ideali, come se non avesse mai sollevato il coperchio di un'anima per scoprire fino a che punto puzzava e brulicava di vermi.”

“W wieku dwudziestu lat jesteśmy tym, co uczyniło z nas wykształcenie, ale już około czterdziestu- tym, co powstało w wyniku własnych wyborów, jeżeli takich dokonaliśmy.Młody człowiek staje się takim dorosłym, jakiego chciało jego dzieciństwo. Zaś człowiek dojrzały jest dzieckiem młodego człowieka.”

“Je ne sais pas où l'on va, murmura-t-il, mais ce qu'il y a de sûr, c'est qu'on y va.”