“Money may not buy happiness, but I’d rather cry in a Jaguar than on a bus.” ― Françoise Sagan
When I first came upon this quote, I had no idea who Francoise Sagan was. I found out that she was a novelist and playwright whose 1954 novel Bonjour Tristesse (Hello, Sadness) brought her international fame at the tender age of 18.
A glamorous life following that early fame was also plagued by gambling, cocaine, and alcohol addictions. When she died in 2004, she was reported to be in debt by more than a million Euros.
So was this French author and amoralist right? Is it better to cry in a Jag? Somewhere I read that the car company used the quote for one of its ads. A Pfizer-sponsored website posts it as an inspirational quote.
But I’m inclined to think Sagan got it wrong. Crying in a Jag indicates that your search for happiness in fast cars has failed. Crying in a bus indicates hope. You can go up from a bus; but unless you’re crying because your Jag is yet again in the shop, you’ve nowhere to go but down.
“Vanity, all is vanity,” says the Preacher (Ecclesiastes 1:2). Perhaps it takes a preacher to help us come to our senses. In the end, whether you’re crying on a bus or in a Jaguar, you’re crying. The point is the tears. And like tears of joy, tears of repentance bless us. I hope Sagan cried those tears, too.
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