Nobel Laureates – Part I of II: Francois Mauriac “If you would tell me the heart of a man, tell me not what he reads, but what he rereads.” Francois Mauriac, French writer, author of “Vipers’ Tangle,” and recipient of the 1952 Nobel Prize in Literature for the deep spiritual insight and the artistic intensity with which he has in his novels penetrated the drama of human life,” who was born 11 October 1885. Some quotes from the work of Francois Mauriac: “To love someone is to see a miracle invisible to others.” “The effort of explaining, even of expressing himself, had become, with the years, more and more terrifying to him. Whether from laziness or from inability to find the right words, he had developed almost a passion for silence.” “Ive always had a passion for tearing the bandages from other peoples eyes. Ive always insisted that those round me should see things as they are. I suppose it is that I need companionship in despair. I cant understand not despairing.” “By the time dusk fell, he was back in his room. The last of the daylight lay like fine ashes on the roof-tops. He did not light his lamp, but sat by the fireplace in the dark, seeking in the far distance of his past some vague memory of a love-affair, some recollection of a friendship, with which to soften the hard tyranny of isolation.” “We are, all of us, molded and remolded by those who have loved us, and though that love may pass, we remain none the less their work--a work that very likely they do not recognize, and which is never exactly what they intended.”
Posted on: Sat, 11 Oct 2014 12:13:54 +0000
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