The Cousins (1959)
Guy Decomble: Le libraire
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Quotes
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Le libraire : Read Dostoyevsky. He addresses all your concerns.
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Le libraire : Young people! If only all our problems were so trivial.
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Le libraire : What would you like, then?
Charles : I could be tempted by a Balzac.
Le libraire : From the provinces, eh?
Charles : Is it obvious?
Le libraire : Not really, but reading Balzac at your age smacks of the provinces.
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Le libraire : You really do love books. Your eyes are full of the wonders you've read. But the world you're living in now is a very strange one.
Charles : Perhaps, but it is the world.
Le libraire : Yes, but it can be hard to take.
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Paul Thomas : [Paul interrupts a discussion between Charles and the Bookseller] Forgive me.
Le libraire : Not at all. Your brother?
Paul Thomas : My cousin.
Le libraire : Same difference. Come again.
Charles : Goodbye and thank you.