Jean-Christophe Valtat

Quotes

• “It was the French of the Normans that, grafting itself onto the barbaric Saxon tongue, gave it its most magnificent blos...”
• “Vassily cleared his throat, probably impatient with Gabriel's bookshelf manners. 'You'll have to excuse me,' Gabriel sai...”
• “When in doubt, do what they do in books, was one of Gabriel's secret mottos and - that rarest of things - a principle th...”
• “... Paris was no more Babylon than it was New Jerusalem. All cities worthy of that name were both: they were one because...”