Thoughts on { Flirt | Victor Hugo / Milan Kundera / Ivan Turgenev / Marjane Satrapi / Charlotte Brontë
Leo Gestel, The flirtation (An Gestel and the violonist Dirk Gootjes), 1910
“Flirting is a promise of sexual intercourse without a guarantee.”
Milan Kundera, The Unbearable Lightness of Being, 1984
“You are adorable, mademoiselle. I study your feet with the microscope and your soul with the telescope.”
Victor Hugo, Les Misérables, 1862
“It’s fun talking to you… like walking on the edge of a precipice. At first one’s nervous but then courage takes over from somewhere.”
Ivan Turgenev, Fathers and Sons, 1862
“You know men!! As soon as you give in to them, they ignore you.”
Marjane Satrapi, Embroideries, 2003
“Flirting is a woman’s trade, one must keep in practice.”
Charlotte Brontë, Jane Eyre, 1847
