Triste Quotes

When my father was arrested, we didn't know where they had him. My mother found him at the house of torture. It was called Villa Triste. (Oriana Fallaci)
The doctrine expounded by me is the true one, but I am not its author. I have only been, so to speak, the soil in which it has germinated and has developed itself with an extreme slowness in the course of long years. Also there has never been such a disproportion between the man and his work than in my case, and what is the saddest (or the saddest in this, - "et ce qui est le plus triste", Fr.), is that one has to suffer because of ("pâtir de", Fr.) the incapacity and the weakness of the other. A man more capable than me, possessing this doctrine, would already have stirred (or moved, - remuer", Fr.) the world. View quote
African Spir
I think women should be seductive, not triste. There's enough sadness in life now without making women look sad, too. View quote
Azzedine Alaia