Belle de Jour Quotes

“Time is limited and some opportunities never repeat themselves.”
― Belle de Jour, The Intimate Adventures of a London Call Girl

“in love: a momentary instance of bein almost interested in someone else as in oneself!”
― Belle de Jour , Belle de Jour: Diary of an Unlikely Call Girl

“London wasn't the first city I'd lived in, but it was certainly the largest. Anywhere else there is always the chance of seeing someone you know or, at the very least, a smiling face. Not here. Commuters crowd the trains, eager to outdo their fellow travelers in an escalating privacy war of paperbacks, headphones and newspapers. A woman next to me on the Northern Line on day held the Metro just inches from her face; it was only three stops later that I noticed she was not reading but crying. It was hard not to offer sympathy and harder still to not start crying myself.”
― Belle de Jour, The Intimate Adventures of a London Call Girl

“C is for Cash Only. I don't take cards. Where would I put the swipe machine?”
― Belle de Jour, The Intimate Adventures of a London Call Girl

“Something that did not happen to me broke my heart. That was how I knew I
was capable of feeling.”
― Belle de Jour, Belle de Jour: Diary of an Unlikely Call Girl

“If someone’s going to have an expensive, pointless hobby, I’d rather it was skiing. Or better still, buying me expensive, pointless things.”
― Anonymous, Belle de Jour: Diary of an Unlikely Call Girl

“Escape Hatches - A Brief Consideration... North America. Pros: charming accent might attract general goodwill, free drinks. Cons: am frightened by the concept of Texas.”
― Belle de Jour, Belle de Jour: Diary of an Unlikely Call Girl

“Hold on tightly - let go lightly”
― Belle de Jour, The Intimate Adventures of a London Call Girl