The Necklace Quotes

“How strange and changeful is life! How small a thing is needed to make or ruin us!”
― Guy de Maupassant, The Necklace

“How small a thing is needed to make or ruin us!”
― Guy de Maupassant, The Necklace

“She removed the wraps, which covered her shoulders, before the glass, so as once more to see herself in all her glory. But suddenly she uttered a cry. She had no longer the necklace around her neck!”
― Guy de Maupassant, The Necklace

“She danced madly, ecstatically, drunk with pleasure, with no thought for anything, in the triumph of her beauty, in the pride of her success, in a cloud of happiness made up of this universal homage and admiration, of the desires she had aroused, of the completeness of a victory so dear to her feminine heart.”
― Guy de Maupassant, The Necklace

“She dressed plainly because she had never been able to afford anything better, but she was as unhappy as if she had once been wealthy. Women don't belong to a caste or class; their beauty, grace, and natural charm take the place of birth and family. Natural delicacy, instinctive elegance and a quick wit determine their place in society, and make the daughters of commoners the equals of the very finest ladies.”
― Guy de Maupassant, The Necklace

“What would have happened if she had not lost that necklace? Who knows, who knows? How strange life is, how fickle! How little is needed for one to be ruined or saved!”
― Guy de Maupassant, The Necklace