Georges Bernanos Novelist

Gender: Male
Citizenship: France
Born: Feb 20, 1888
Died: Jul 5, 1948

Georges Bernanos was a French author, and a soldier in World War I. Of Roman Catholic and monarchist leanings, he was critical of bourgeois thought and was opposed to what he identified as defeatism. He thought this led to France's eventual occupation by Germany in 1940 during World War II. Most of his novels have been translated into English and frequently published in both Great Britain and the United States.

A poor man with nothing in his belly needs hope, illusion, more than bread. hope

Hell, madam, is to love no longer. death

Little things seem nothing, but they give peace, like those meadow flowers which individually seem odorless but all together perfume the air. peace

Hope is a risk that must be run. hope

Faith is not a thing which one 'loses,' we merely cease to shape our lives by it. faith

The first sign of corruption in a society that is still alive is that the end justifies the means. society

It is the perpetual dread of fear, the fear of fear, that shapes the face of a brave man. fear