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Françoise Mallet-Joris
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“Really, one has some friends, and when one comes to think about it it is impossible to tell how one ever became friendly with them.”
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“... if the word frankly or sincerely is not uttered in the first ten minutes — or let us speak openly — then you are not in the presence of a genuine businessman, and he will certainly go bankrupt: take care ...”
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“Bread sets free; but does not necessarily set free for good ends — that dear illusion of so many generous hearts. It sets a man free to choose: it often sets free for the bad, but man has a right to that choice and to that evil, without which he is no longer a man.”
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“... possessing faith is not convenient. You still have to live it ...”
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“Religions are very bloody. They are always killing each other.”
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“I am especially horrified by the doings of the political right. When I see the seed, I fear the plant.”
Françoise Mallet-Joris, Belgian writer
(1930)
Real name: Françoise Lilar.