Famous quotes containing the words xavier, books and/or french:
“I refuse to say another word to you. You’re just contemptible and impudent enough to publish it.”
—Robert Tusker, and Michael Curtiz. Joanne Xavier (Fay Wray)
“I do not hesitate to read ... all good books in translations. What is really best in any book is translatable—any real insight or broad human sentiment.”
—Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)
“There is but one Paris and however hard living may be here, and if it became worse and harder even—the French air clears up the brain and does good—a world of good.”
—Vincent Van Gogh (1853–1890)