Frases de Romain Gary

Romain Gary, nascido Roman Kacew Vilnius, Lituânia, 8 de maio de 1914 — Paris, França, 2 de dezembro de 1980, foi um romancista, piloto da Segunda Guerra Mundial, diretor de cinema e diplomata francês.

Como escritor usou os pseudónimos Émile Ajar, Fosco Sinibaldi, Shatan Bogat, René Deville e Lucien Brûlard, e foi o único escritor a receber duas vezes o Prêmio Goncourt, em 1956 e 1975 . Wikipedia  

✵ 21. Maio 1914 – 2. Dezembro 1980   •   Outros nomes Roman Kacew
Romain Gary: 16   citações 0   Curtidas

Romain Gary: Frases em inglês

“There is more to Jewish history than Auschwitz.”

Interview (1970), republished in Le Judaïsme n’est pas une Question de Sang [Judaism Isn’t About Blood] (2008) by Les éditions de l’Herne, as quoted in "A Chameleon on Show" in Forward (12 January 2011) http://www.forward.com/articles/134609/

“I want to test myself, a trial by fire, so that my I is burned off.”

La Nuit Sera Calme [The Night Will Be Calm] (1974)
Contexto: Gari in Russian means "burn!"… I want to test myself, a trial by fire, so that my I is burned off.

“As long as you live, you hope. You think that everything will just… get better.”

Romain Gary livro Au-delà de cette limite votre ticket n'est plus valable

Fonte: Au-delà de cette limite votre ticket n'est plus valable

“I’ve had a lot of fun. Good-bye, and thank you.”

The Life and Death of Émile Ajar (1980), an essay written prior to his suicide, as quoted in "Romain Gary: A Short Biography" by Madeleine Schwartz, at The Harvard Advocate http://www.theharvardadvocate.com/content/romain-gary-short-biography
Contexto: The gossip that came back to me from fashionable dinners where people pitied poor Romain Gary, who must be a little sad, a little jealous of the meteoric rise in the literary firmament of his cousin Emile Ajar… I’ve had a lot of fun. Good-bye, and thank you.

“Men sometimes die much earlier than they are burried.”

Romain Gary livro Au-delà de cette limite votre ticket n'est plus valable

Fonte: Au-delà de cette limite votre ticket n'est plus valable

“Humour is an affirmation of dignity, a declaration of man's superiority to all that befalls him.”

As quoted in The Harper Book of Quotations (1993) by Robert I. Fitzhenry, p. 223