28 Profound Romain Gary Quotes You Need To Know

Famous As: French Diplomat & Novelist

Born On: 1914

Died On: 1980

Born In: Vilnius, Republic Of Lithuania

Died At Age: 66

Romain Gary was an acclaimed French novelist, film director, and diplomat. He was an aviator who served the French Air Force and also won many bravery honors and medals. After getting injured he worked as a French diplomat to Bulgaria and Switzerland and wrote novels in his leisure time. His first novel ‘Forest of Anger’ gave him instant fame and marked the start of his prolific writing career. His novel ‘Les racines du ciel’ (The Roots of Heaven) failed to achieve success in France but was a best-seller in the U.S and was awarded the ‘Prix Goncourt’ by the ‘Academic Goncourt’. This made him shift to the U.S to become a full-time writer. He was known for using various pseudonyms and wrote more than fifty novels under four different names. He also directed two movies and wrote the script for two movies based on his novels. Although he was successful as a writer, he is believed to be unhappy with his life and committed suicide. We bring to you a collection of quotations and sayings by the renowned novelist which have been scanned from his work and life. Go through these quotes by Romain Gary which will help you redefine life.

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If there is something that opens horizons, it is precisely ignorance.

If there is something that opens horizons, it is precisely ignorance.
Romain Gary

Literature is greater than any of us, dammit.

Literature is greater than any of us, dammit.
Romain Gary

Reality is not an inspiration for literature. At its best, literature is an inspiration for reality.

Reality is not an inspiration for literature. At its best, literature is an inspiration for reality.
Romain Gary

As long as you live, you hope. You think that everything will just...get better.

As long as you live, you hope. You think that everything will just...get better.
You Think Will Hope
Romain Gary

I've had a lot of fun. Good-bye, and thank you.

I've had a lot of fun. Good-bye, and thank you.
You
Romain Gary

They thought I suffered from lack of exterior, when I suffered from excess of interior

They thought I suffered from lack of exterior, when I suffered from excess of interior
I
Romain Gary

Humor is an affirmation of dignity, a declaration of man's superiority to all that befalls him.

Humor is an affirmation of dignity, a declaration of man's superiority to all that befalls him.
Romain Gary

Men sometimes die much earlier than they are burried.

Men sometimes die much earlier than they are burried.
Romain Gary

...the only way to prove you are normal is to smash someone's face in

...the only way to prove you are normal is to smash someone's face in
You
Romain Gary

I always had a strong reluctance to hurt people, which is always the best way of hurting oneself.

I always had a strong reluctance to hurt people, which is always the best way of hurting oneself.
I
Romain Gary

Sometimes I have the feeling that we live in a dubbed movie and everybody moves their lips but the voices don't correspond. We are all post-synchronized and sometimes is very accomplished and looks natural.

Sometimes I have the feeling that we live in a dubbed movie and everybody moves their lips but the voices don't correspond. We are all post-synchronized and sometimes is very accomplished and looks natural.
I
Romain Gary

Since when one has started dreaming, there were so many cries for help and so many bottles thrown into the sea, that it is amazing we still can see the sea when we should see only bottles.

Since when one has started dreaming, there were so many cries for help and so many bottles thrown into the sea, that it is amazing we still can see the sea when we should see only bottles.
Romain Gary

Literature "has always been the last refuge, in this world, for those who do not know where to lay their dreaming heads.
Romain Gary

Loyalty is not the kind of exclusive deal, it's just a sincere communication and the same values.
Romain Gary

I don't consider myself to be definite, but in waiting position and eventual appearance

I don't consider myself to be definite, but in waiting position and eventual appearance
I
Romain Gary

If the world can no longer afford the luxury of natural beauty, then it will soon be overcome and destroyed by its own ugliness.

If the world can no longer afford the luxury of natural beauty, then it will soon be overcome and destroyed by its own ugliness.
Will
Romain Gary

All men have a legend because of death. Humanity wasn't legendary any longer: it was a myth.

All men have a legend because of death. Humanity wasn't legendary any longer: it was a myth.
Death
Romain Gary

The only possible answers are questions. Real Vikings are questions. The answers are what the Vikings chanted during the voyage to keep their spirits up.

The only possible answers are questions. Real Vikings are questions. The answers are what the Vikings chanted during the voyage to keep their spirits up.
Romain Gary

All the same I keep on looking for someone incomprehensible who won't understand me either, because I have a terrible thirst for brotherhood

All the same I keep on looking for someone incomprehensible who won't understand me either, because I have a terrible thirst for brotherhood
Me I
Romain Gary