The famous French sentences are as follows:

1. Parce que c'était lui, parce que c'était moi. Because of him at that time, because of me at that time. ——Livre 1er, chapitre 28 "De l'amitié" Les Essais Montaigne (This is Montaigne's famous line about love, isn't it a fatalistic romance?)

2. Le livre t'inspire , la télévision t'aspire. Books make you full, television makes you empty. ——Paul Carvel (the wonderful correspondence between inspirer and aspirer)

3. Pour l'écrivain, la littérature est cette parole qui dit jusqu'à la mort: je ne commencerai pas à vivre avant de savoir quel est le sens de la vie. For writers, literature is the language of dialogue until death. I cannot start living without understanding the meaning of life.

La littérature ne permet pas de marcher, mais elle permet de respirer. Literature cannot take steps, but it can breathe. ——Roland Barthes

4. On écrit parce que personne n'écoute. Writing is because no one listens. ——Georges Rochefort

5. What flows from the tip of my pen is not ink, but life. . ——Blaise Cendrars