Jean Rostand
WORDS ABOUT WORDS
Certain brief sentences are peerless in their ability to give one the feeling that nothing remains to be said.
—Jean Rostand, The Substance of Man, 1962
Posted on September 6, 2002 at 8:28 AM
WORDS ABOUT WORDS
I prefer the honest jargon of reality to the outright lies of books.
—Jean Rostand, A Biologist's Thoughts, 1962
Posted on July 31, 2002 at 11:48 AM
WORDS ABOUT WORDS
The books one has written in the past have two surprises in store: one couldn't write them again, and wouldn't want to.
—Jean Rostand, A Biologist's Thoughts
Posted on August 17, 2001 at 7:15 PM
WORDS ABOUT WORDS
I still understand a few words in life, but I no longer think they make a sentence.
—Jean Rostand, Pensées d'un Biologiste
Posted on April 30, 2001 at 7:30 PM
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