Albert Cohen Quotes

Albert Cohen was a Greek-born Romaniote Jewish Swiss novelist who wrote in French. He worked as a civil servant for various international organizations, such as the International Labour Organization. He became a Swiss citizen in 1919. Wikipedia  

✵ 16. August 1895 – 17. October 1981
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Famous Albert Cohen Quotes

“Human friends, friends in hardship and in life, this is our pure love, love of mother and son.”

Le livre de ma mère [The Book of My Mother] (1954)

“In my sleep, which is the song of the tombs, I have just seen her again, as beautiful as in her youth.”

Le livre de ma mère [The Book of My Mother] (1954)

“Alone dwells every man and everyone mocks everyone else, and a deserted island is our pain.”

Le livre de ma mère [The Book of My Mother] (1954)

“I say to myself that her small hands are no more worm, and that I would never again carry them soft to my front.”

Le livre de ma mère [The Book of My Mother] (1954)

“Brothers, my human brothers, force me to believe in eternal life.”

Le livre de ma mère [The Book of My Mother] (1954)

“She does not talk anymore, the one who used to talk so pleasantly.”

Le livre de ma mère [The Book of My Mother] (1954)
Variant: She answers no more, the one who used to answer always.

Albert Cohen Quotes

“My true single consolation is that she is not present to see me in my agony of her death.”

Le livre de ma mère [The Book of My Mother] (1954)

“Only with her I was not alone, now I am alone with everyone.”

Le livre de ma mère [The Book of My Mother] (1954)

“With her alone I could be far away from everyone.”

Le livre de ma mère [The Book of My Mother] (1954)

“In my solitude I sing to myself a sweet lullaby, as sweet as my mother used to sing to me.”

Le livre de ma mère [The Book of My Mother] (1954)

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