Jules Renard

The truly free man is the one who can turn down an invitation to dinner without giving an excuse. ↗

— Jules Renard

#free

Writing is a way of talking without being interrupted. ↗

— Jules Renard

#write

Writing is the only profession where no one considers you ridiculous if you earn no money. ↗

— Jules Renard

#earn #money #only #profession #ridiculous

It`s not how old you are, it`s how you are old. ↗

— Jules Renard

#inspirational #living #old-age #age

As I grow to understand life less and less, I learn to love it more and more. ↗

— Jules Renard

#life

There are moments when everything goes well; don't be frightened, it won't last. ↗

— Jules Renard

#pessimism

Love is like an hourglass, with the heart filling up as the brain empties. ↗

— Jules Renard

#empties #filling #heart #hourglass #like

I am never bored; to be bored is an insult to one's self. ↗

— Jules Renard

#boredom

The story I am writing exists, written in absolutely perfect fashion, some place, in the air. All I must do is find it, and copy it. ↗

— Jules Renard

#air #am #copy #exists #fashion

Paradise does not exist, but we must nonetheless strive to be worthy of it. ↗

— Jules Renard

#heaven #paradise #existentialism