Francoise Sagan Quotes

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

To jealousy, nothing is more frightful than laughter.

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.

I did not find him absurd. I saw he was kind, that he was on the verge of real love. I thought it would be nice for me to be in love with him, too.

I have loved to the point of madness; That which is called madness, That which to me, Is the only sensible way to love.

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

Love lasts about seven years. That's how long it takes for the cells of the body to totally replace themselves.

He refused categorically all ideas of fidelity or serious commitments. He explained that they were arbitrary and sterile. From anyone else such views would have shocked me, but I knew that in his case they did not exclude tenderness and devotion - feelings which came all the more easily to him since he was determined that they should be transient.