“Et de ratage en ratage, on s'habitue à ne jamais d?passer le stade...” – Hipolito, Amélie ... Movie Quotes Database

Et de ratage en ratage, on s'habitue à ne jamais d?passer le stade du brouillon. La vie n'est que l'interminable r?p?tition d'une repr?sentation qui n'aura jamais lieu.
Failure teaches us that life is but a draft, an endless rehearsal of a show that will never play.

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Narrator In the apartment downstairs from Am?lie lives Raymond Dufayel; they call him "The Glass Man." He was born with bones as brittle as crystal. All his furniture is padded. A handshake could crush his fingers. He's stayed inside for twenty years. Time has changed nothing. Narrator In such a dead world, Amelie prefers to dream until she's old enough to leave home Eva Les temps sont durs pour les rêveurs.
Times are hard for dreamers.