J.M.G. Le ClÃ©zio famous quotes

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The desert is so vast that no one can know it all. Men go out into the desert, and they are like ships at sea; no one knows when they will return.
-- J.M.G. Le ClÃ©zio

#Men #Sea #Desert
She carried the burn of the sun on her body. It was for all of those wasted, dull years.
-- J.M.G. Le ClÃ©zio

#Years #Body #Dull
If you really want to know, Iâ€™d rather not have been born at all. I find life very tiring. The thingâ€™s done now, of course, and I canâ€™t alter it. But there will always be this regret at the back of my mind, I shall never quite be able to get rid of it, and it will spoil everything. The thing to do now is to grow old quickly, to eat up the years as fast as possible, looking neither right nor left.
-- J.M.G. Le ClÃ©zio

#Regret #Years #Mind
It is, I believe, the primary charm of poetry to give the lesson of mirage, that is, to show the fragile and vibrant movement of creation, in which the word is in a certain way human quintessence, prayer.
-- J.M.G. Le ClÃ©zio

#Prayer #Believe #Giving
One day is enough to master reading in Korean. Hangeul is a very scientific and convenient alphabet system for communication.
-- J.M.G. Le ClÃ©zio

#Communication #Reading #One Day
If you really want to know, I’d rather not have been born at all. I find life very tiring. The thing’s done now, of course, and I can’t alter it. But there will always be this regret at the back of my mind, I shall never quite be able to get rid of it, and it will spoil everything. The thing to do now is to grow old quickly, to eat up the years as fast as possible, looking neither right nor left.
-- J.M.G. Le ClÃ©zio

#Regret #Years #Mind

The sanctified body is one whose hands are clean. The stain of dishonesty is not on them, the withering blight of ill-gotten gain has not blistered them, the mark of violence is not found upon them. They have been separated from every occupation that could displease God or injure a fellow-man.
Life, to be sure, is nothing much to lose, But young men think it is, and we were young.
Therefore, since the world has still Much good, but much less good than ill, And while the sun and moon endure Luck's a chance, but trouble's sure, I'd face it as a wise man would, And train for ill and not for good.
The terrifying physics of going up-mast in heavy seas are inescapable.
I wanted freedom, open air and adventure. I found it on the sea.
Many free countries have lost their liberty, and ours may lose hers; but, if she shall, be it my proudest plume, not that I was the last to desert, but that I never deserted her.
I've come to believe that every one who reaches the best that life holds for him reaches it through some Desert of Waiting.
Like looking through a telescope into the Milky Way and wondering if we're alone in the universe, it made me realize with the glaring clarity of desert light how scarce and delicate life is, how insignificant we are compared with the forces of nature and the dimensions of space.
Let the desert wind cool your aching head. Let the weight of the world - drift away instead
Since the time of St. Jerome, it was mandatory for any kind of scholar or thinker to spend time out in the desert in solitude. It's no coincidence that the desert has been a major part of the visionary or mystical experience from the beginning of time.

J.M.G. Le ClÃ©zio famous quotes

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