"One is never fortunate or as unfortunate as one imagines." ― Francois de La Rochefoucauld Topic(s): Imagination Tags: fortunate, never More From Francois de La Rochefoucauld "There are few virtuous women who are not bored with their trade." "All the passions make us commit faults; love makes us commit the most ridiculous ones." "True love is like ghosts, which everyone talks about and few have seen." More In Imagination "Reproof on her lip, but a smile in her eye."― Samuel Lover "In a country like France, so ancient, their history is full of outstanding people, so they carry a heavy weight on their back. Who could write in French after Proust or Flaubert?"― Manuel Puig "I would find myself laughing and wondering where these ideas came from. You can call it imagination, I suppose. But I was grateful for wherever they came from."― Amy Tan