Georges Duhamel was born in the thirteenth arrondissement of Paris on the 30th June 1884. He was the third child of a family which struggled to survive on the income of his unstable father. After a childhood disrupted by numerous moves, Georges nonetheless passed his baccalaureate in 1902 and decided to become a doctor (though he continued with his literary interests also). Read more..- I have too much respect for the idea of God to make it responsible for such an absurd world.
- It is always brave to say what everyone thinks.
- It is strange what a contempt men have for the joys that are offered them freely.
