“Jazz music is a form of accelerated unconcern.”
Un certain sourire (1955, A Certain Smile, translated 1956)
Quotes from book
A Certain Smile
Françoise Sagan
Original title
Un Certain Sourire
(French, 1956)
A Certain Smile , written in a two-month period then published in 1956, is Françoise Sagan's second book. It tells of a student's love affair with a middle-aged man.
Un certain sourire (1955, A Certain Smile, translated 1956)
“It is healthier to see the good points of others than to analyze our own bad ones.”
Un certain sourire (1955, A Certain Smile, translated 1956)
“We always want someone we've treated badly to be gay. It's less upsetting.”
Un certain sourire (1955, A Certain Smile, translated 1956)
