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Here are some thoughtful quotes by **François Mauriac** (with translations or context) — his writing often probes love, suffering, the inner life, faith, and human nature:
> “No love, no friendship, can cross the path of our destiny without leaving some mark on it forever.”
> “To love someone is to see a miracle invisible to others.”
> “Tell me what you read and I’ll tell you who you are is true enough, but I’d know you better if you told me what you reread.”
> “Most men resemble great deserted palaces: the owner occupies only a few rooms and has closed-off wings where he never ventures.” ([Wikiquote][1])
> “Where does discipline end? Where does cruelty begin? Somewhere between these, thousands of children inhabit a voiceless hell.” ([Wikiquote][1])
> “Even the genuinely good cannot, unaided, learn to love. To penetrate beyond the absurdities, the vices, and, above all, the stupidities of human creatures, one must possess the secret of a love which the world has now forgotten.” ([Goodreads][2])
> “We are, all of us, molded and remolded by those who have loved us, and though that love may pass, we remain none the less their work — a work that very likely they do not recognize, and which is never exactly what they intended.” ([A-Z Quotes][3])
> “What a fool she was ever to have imagined that there might be some place in the world where she could sink to the earth … with the knowledge that there were people round her who understood, who perhaps even admired and loved her … She was fated to carry loneliness about with her as a leper carries his scabs.” ([Goodreads][4])
> “Human love is often but the encounter of two weaknesses.” ([A-Z Quotes][3])
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If you like, I can also find original quotes in French, or focus them around specific themes (faith, suffering, love, creativity). Which would you prefer?
[1]: https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Fran%C3%A7ois_Mauriac?utm_source=chatgpt.com ”François Mauriac – Wikiquote”
[2]: https://www.goodreads.com/work/quotes/101611-le-n-ud-de-vip-res?utm_source=chatgpt.com ”Vipers’ Tangle Quotes by François Mauriac – Goodreads”
[3]: https://www.azquotes.com/author/9633-Francois_Mauriac?utm_source=chatgpt.com ”TOP 25 QUOTES BY FRANCOIS MAURIAC | A-Z Quotes”
[4]: https://www.goodreads.com/author/quotes/61023.Fran_ois_Mauriac?utm_source=chatgpt.com ”Quotes by François Mauriac (Author of Thérèse Desqueyroux)”