Au Contraire! Quotes

“Two well-known French writers and thinkers, Françoise Giroud and Bernard-Henri Lévy, developed an entire book from a series of conversations concerning love, desire, seduction, jealousy, infidelity, marriage, and falling out of love. They discuss these themes using literary and historical references as well as personal observations and experiences. This type of discourse can trace its lineage back to the Courts of Love of the Middle Ages.”
― Gilles Asselin, Au Contraire!: Figuring Out the French

“arriver en terrain conquis (arriving on conquered ground),”
― Gilles Asselin, Au Contraire!: Figuring Out the French

“Algerian-born writer Albert Camus elegantly expressed this notion in the famous quotation, “Ma patrie, c’est la langue française” (“My homeland is the French language”).”
― Gilles Asselin, Au Contraire!: Figuring Out the French