The Madonna of the Sleeping Cars Quotes

“The French are never serious. They juggle with principles, make fun of difficulties and have been walking the tightrope of virtuosity for ten centuries. A singular nation, you know.”
― Maurice Dekobra, The Madonna of the Sleeping Cars

“Is not our entire life a waiting-room where we fidget about until the arrival of the train which takes us to the Great Beyond?”
― Maurice Dekobra, The Madonna of the Sleeping Cars

“Living is such an absurd occupation.”
― Maurice Dekobra, The Madonna of the Sleeping Cars

“...you know as well as I do that, individually, the English are very estimable and frequently generous, but that, once banded together to form a nation, they become unbearable.”
― Maurice Dekobra, The Madonna of the Sleeping Cars

“My dear friend, there are two things in this world about which no one can be sure: whether or not one is being deceived by a woman and whether or not a Communist is sincere.”
― Maurice Dekobra, The Madonna of the Sleeping Cars