Quotes from Madame de La Fayette's books, and about them
The Beautiful Village on The Princess of Clèves: “On my desk lies Madame de La Fayette's The Princess of Clèves, left open at a half-read page. I am reading this old French novel with real feeling for the first time, and thanks to it I feel somewhat rescued from my oddly tense state of mind these days. [auto-translated]”