A Single Rose Quotes

“Rain filtered in scattered drops from the leaves; everywhere, an extraordinary moss ruled supreme over its private kingdom; thick and moving, poised on root and stone, it seemed to glitter.”
― Muriel Barbery, Une rose seule

“If a person is not prepared to suffer, they are not prepared to live.”
― Muriel Barbery, A Single Rose

“Where's the risk?' he asked. 'The mere fact of being alive means that all the risks have already been taken.”
― Muriel Barbery, A Single Rose

“What care you for the suffering of others if you could live without enduring such pain?”
― Muriel Barbery, A Single Rose