I have lost my seven best friends, which is to say God has had mercy on me seven times without realizing it. He lent a friendship, took it from me, sent me another.
JEAN COCTEAUI feel myself inhabited by a force or being — very little known to me. It gives the orders; I follow.
More Jean Cocteau Quotes
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Lying is the only art form that the public sanctions and instinctively prefers to reality.
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We shelter an angel within us. We must be the guardians of that angel.
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Not only should you not accept a prize. You should not try to deserve one either.
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Since the day of my birth, my death began its walk. It is walking toward me, without hurrying.
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The ability to laugh heartily is the sign of a healthy soul.
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The joy of the young is to disobey.
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Tact in audacity is knowing how far you can go without going too far.
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After the writer’s death, reading his journal is like receiving a long letter.
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Mirrors should think longer before they reflect.
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We are in a period of such individualism that one no longer speaks of disciples; one speaks of thieves.
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I have seafoam in my veins, I understand the language of waves.
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Mirrors should reflect a little before throwing back images.
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A film is a petrified fountain of thought.
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Children and lunatics cut the Gordian knot which the poet spends his life patiently trying to untie.
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Man seeks to escape himself in myth, and does so by any means at his disposal. Drugs, alcohol, or lies. Unable to withdraw into himself, he disguises himself. Lies and inaccuracy give him a few moments of comfort.
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