Muriel Barbery, The Elegance of the Hedgehog

"I thought: pity the poor in spirit who know neither the enchantment nor the beauty of language."

"Personally I think that grammar is a way to attain beauty."

"We can be friends. We can be anything we want to be."

"We can be friends. We can be anything we want to be."

"To be poor, ugly and, moreover, intelligent condemns one in our society to a dark and disillusioned life...to beauty all is forgiven."