Daniel Pennac
Daniel Pennac
Daniel Pennacis a French writer. He received the Prix Renaudot in 2007 for his essay Chagrin d'école...
NationalityFrench
ProfessionWriter
CountryFrance
book wells chosen
A well-chosen book saves you from everything, including yourself.
lying reading world
The paradoxical virtue of reading lies in distancing ourselves from the world so that we may make sense of it.
book reading writing
We human beings build houses because we're alive but we write books because we're mortal. We live in groups because we're sociable but we read because we know we're alone. Reading offers a kind of companionship that takes no one's place but that no one can replace either. It offers no definitive explanation of our destiny but links us inextricably to life. Its tiny secret links remind us of how paradoxically happy we are to be alive while illuminating how tragically absurd life is.
art suggestions architecture
L’architecture est art de suggestion.
reading loving-life lifetime
Time spent reading, like time spent loving, increases our lifetime.