Montherlant
Americannoun
noun
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The French author Henry de Montherlant said that “happiness writes in white ink on a white page.”
From New York Times • Mar. 10, 2020
“Happiness writes white,” said Henry de Montherlant, and, for me, likewise hope, genuine grief, positive intention, happy results.
From The Guardian • Oct. 14, 2017
One instance is his work for a modern retelling by Henry de Montherlant of the myth of Pasiphaë.
From New York Times • Dec. 17, 2015
The French writer Henry de Montherlant said that happiness writes white.
From The Guardian • May 19, 2013
The novels of Henry de Montherlant are characterized by a strange air of scatterbrained earnestness.
From Time Magazine Archive
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