Quotes from book
A Certain Smile

A Certain Smile
Françoise SaganOriginal 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.


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“Jazz music is a form of accelerated unconcern.”

Françoise Sagan book A Certain Smile

Un certain sourire (1955, A Certain Smile, translated 1956)

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“It is healthier to see the good points of others than to analyze our own bad ones.”

Françoise Sagan book A Certain Smile

Un certain sourire (1955, A Certain Smile, translated 1956)

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“We always want someone we've treated badly to be gay. It's less upsetting.”

Françoise Sagan book A Certain Smile

Un certain sourire (1955, A Certain Smile, translated 1956)

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