Georges Duhamel

I have too much respect for the idea of God to make it responsible for such an absurd world. ↗

— Georges Duhamel

#god #i #idea #make #much

I can no longer think what I want to think. My thoughts have been replaced by moving images. ↗

— Georges Duhamel

#film #film-criticism #literary-criticism #thoughts #literary-criticism

In the beds which the piety of the public has prepared on every side, stricken men await the verdict of fate. ↗

— Georges Duhamel

#beds #every #fate #men #piety

It is always brave to say what everyone thinks. ↗

— Georges Duhamel

#brave #everyone #say #thinks

Do not trust your memory; it is a net full of holes; the most beautiful prizes slip through it. ↗

— Georges Duhamel

#beautiful #full #holes #memory #most

The swimmer adrift on the open seas measures his strength, and strives with all his muscles to keep himself afloat. But what is he to do when there is no land on the horizon, and none beyond it? ↗

— Georges Duhamel

#afloat #beyond #himself #his #horizon

There is no French town in which the wounds inflicted on the battle-field are not bleeding. ↗

— Georges Duhamel

#french #inflicted #town #which #wounds

We can know nothing till after this grave debate. The soul must withdraw, for this is not its hour. Now the knife must divide the flesh, and lay the ravage bare, and do its work completely. ↗

— Georges Duhamel

#bare #completely #debate #divide #flesh

Suffering has roused them from the sleep of gentle life, and every day fills them with a terrible intoxication. They are now something more than themselves; those we loved were merely happy shadows. ↗

— Georges Duhamel

#every #every day #fills #gentle #happy

We do not know the true value of our moments until they have undergone the test of memory. ↗

— Georges Duhamel

#memory #moments #our #test #true