Jacques Prévert

“Our Father who art in heaven, stay there.”

“We should try to be happy, if only to set an example.”

“When truth is not free, freedom is not true.”

“I recognized happiness by the noise it made when it left.”

“Even if happiness forgets you a little bit, never completely forget about it.”

“You have to be very fond of men. You have to be very fond of them to love them. Otherwise, they are unbearable.”

“Later it will be too late. Our life is now.”

“I went to the bird market and I bought birds for you, my love.”

“Memory is a great artist. For every man and for every woman it makes the recollection of his or her life a work of art and an unfaithful record.”

“Love is so simple, to be simple is so hard.”

“Paris is a very small city for those who love each other with such a great love.”

“There are thousands and thousands of years that wouldn't be enough to describe the little second of eternity when you kissed me, when I kissed you.”

“What a funny idea, to be alive.”

“Before I set out to save the world, I'll just take a moment to make myself a sandwich.”

“The sun shines for everyone.”

“One and one make two, and we both know how to do it.”

“War is a massacre of people who don't know each other for the profit of people who know each other but don't massacre each other.”

“It is necessary to have a very good memory to be able to keep the promises one makes.”

“It is terrible not to know what one is looking for.”