Quotes from Francoise Sagan

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

I've read Proust and Stendhal. That keeps you in your place.

To jealousy, nothing is more frightful than laughter.

Curiosity is the beginning of all wisdom.

I like men to behave like men. I like them strong and childish.

There is no such thing as an ideal man. The ideal man is the man you love at the moment.

When man, Apollo man, rockets into space, it isn't in order to find his brother, I'm quite sure of that. It's to confirm that he hasn't any brothers.

A dress makes no sense unless it inspires men to take it off of you.

I always believe things are going to work out.

For what are we looking for if not to please? I do not know if the desire to attract others comes from a superabundance of vitality, possessiveness, or the hidden, unspoken need to be reassured.

There is a certain age when a woman must be beautiful to be loved, and then there comes a time when she must be loved to be beautiful.