Jezabel Quotes

“Deep within everyone's heart there always remains a sense of longing for that hour, that summer, that one brief moment of blossoming. For several weeks or months, rarely longer, a beautiful young woman lives outside ordinary life. She is intoxicated. She feels as if she exists beyond time, beyond its laws; she experiences not the monotonous succession of days passing by, but moments of intense, almost desperate happiness.”
― Irene Nemirovsky, Jezebel

“Men who loved you when you were twenty, and who continue to see you the way you looked then are impossible to replace.”
― Irène Némirovsky, Jezebel

“Ci resta sempre in fondo al cuore il rimpianto di un’ora, di un’estate, di un fuggevole istante in cui la giovinezza si schiude come una gemma.”
― Irène Némirovsky, Jézabel

“Deep within everyone’s heart there always remains a sense of longing for that hour, that summer, that one brief moment of blossoming. For several weeks or months, rarely longer, a beautiful young woman lives outside ordinary life. She is intoxicated. She feels as if she exists beyond time, beyond its laws; she experiences not the monotonous succession of days passing by, but moments of intense, almost desperate happiness. — Irène Némirovsky, Jezebel (Vintage, 2010; first published 1936)”
― Irène Némirovsky, Jezebel

“Alla fine, tutte le passioni sono tragiche, tutti i desideri maledetti, perché si ottiene sempre meno di quel che si è sognato...”
― Irène Némirovsky, Jezebel

“He couldn't find the strength to leave his miserable room. Where else could he go? Loneliness, sorrow, restlessness, and a cruel boredom lurked everywhere.”
― Irène Némirovsky, Jezabel

“I don't want to hear anything. I want to forget life, sleep. I'd like to be a little girl like you, without worries, without sorrow.”
― Irène Némirovsky, Jezabel