To read a writer is for me not merely to get an idea of what he says, but to go off with him and travel in his company. – Andre Gide
Everything has been said before, but since nobody listens we have to keep going back and beginning all over again. – Andre Gide
The young people who come to me in the hope of hearing me utter a few memorable maxims are quite disappointed. Aphorisms are not my forte, I say nothing but banalities…. I listen to them and they go away delighted. – Andre Gide
It is unthinkable for a Frenchman to arrive at middle age without having syphilis and the Cross of the Legion of Honor. – Andre Gide