“Life often seems like a long shipwreck, of which the débris are friendship, fame, and love.”
Reflections on Suicide (Réflexions sur le suicide, 1813), Section 1
Anne Louise Germaine de Staël: Likeness
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“Ought not every woman, like every man, to follow the bent of her own talents?”
Anne Louise Germaine de Staël book Corinne
Bk. 14, ch. 1
Corinne (1807)
Anne Louise Germaine de Staël book Corinne
La vue d'un tel monument est comme une musique continuelle et fixée, qui vous attend pour vous faire du bien quand vous vous en approchez.
Bk. 4, ch. 3
The idea that "architecture is frozen music" — an aphorism of disputed origin sometimes misattributed to de Staël — is found in a number of German writers of the period.
Corinne (1807)
“Danger is like wine, it goes to your head.”
Anne Louise Germaine de Staël book Corinne
Bk. 12, ch. 2
Corinne (1807)