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Gustave Flaubert, Madame Bovary Quotes: "But, in her life, nothing was going to happen. Such was the will of God! The future was a dark corridor, and at the far end the door was bolted."

But, in her life, nothing was going to happen. Such was the will of God! The future was a dark corridor, and at the far end the door was bolted.



Gustave Flaubert, Madame Bovary Quotes: "As for the piano, the faster her fingers flew over it, the more he marveled. She struck the keys with aplomb and ran from one end of the keyboard to the other without a stop."

As for the piano, the faster her fingers flew over it, the more he marveled. She struck the keys with aplomb and ran from one end of the keyboard to the other without a stop.




Gustave Flaubert, Madame Bovary Quotes: "She was as sated with him as he was tired of her. Emma had rediscovered in adultery all the banality of marriage."

She was as sated with him as he was tired of her. Emma had rediscovered in adultery all the banality of marriage.



Gustave Flaubert, Madame Bovary Quotes: "But vilifying those we love always detaches us from them a little. We should not touch our idols: their gilding will remain on our hands."

But vilifying those we love always detaches us from them a little. We should not touch our idols: their gilding will remain on our hands.




Gustave Flaubert, Madame Bovary Quotes: "For six months, then, Emma, at fifteen years of age, made her hands dirty with books from old lending libraries."

For six months, then, Emma, at fifteen years of age, made her hands dirty with books from old lending libraries.



Gustave Flaubert, Madame Bovary Quotes: "Is it not time to cry that the blind shall see, the deaf hear, the lame walk? But that which fanaticism formerly promised to its elect, science now accomplishes for all men."

Is it not time to cry that the blind shall see, the deaf hear, the lame walk? But that which fanaticism formerly promised to its elect, science now accomplishes for all men.



Gustave Flaubert, Madame Bovary Quotes: "Speech is a rolling-mill that always thins out the sentiment."

Speech is a rolling-mill that always thins out the sentiment.




Gustave Flaubert, Madame Bovary Quotes: "Never touch your idols: the gilding will stick to your fin"

Never touch your idols: the gilding will stick to your fin



Gustave Flaubert, Madame Bovary Quotes: "Every notary carries about inside him the debris of a poet."

Every notary carries about inside him the debris of a poet.



Gustave Flaubert, Madame Bovary Quotes: "Not a lawyer but carries within him the debris of a poet."

Not a lawyer but carries within him the debris of a poet.



Gustave Flaubert, Madame Bovary Quotes: "Some details escaped her, but the regret remained with her."

Some details escaped her, but the regret remained with her.



Gustave Flaubert, Madame Bovary Quotes: "Charles went to kiss her shoulder.-Leave me alone! she said, you're creasing my dress."

Charles went to kiss her shoulder.-Leave me alone! she said, you're creasing my dress.




Gustave Flaubert, Madame Bovary Quotes: "Haven't you ever happened to come across in a book some vague notion that you've had, some obscure idea that returns from afar and that seems to express completely your most subtle feelings?"

Haven't you ever happened to come across in a book some vague notion that you've had, some obscure idea that returns from afar and that seems to express completely your most subtle feelings?



Gustave Flaubert, Madame Bovary Quotes: "An infinity of passion can be contained in one minute, like a crowd in a small space."

An infinity of passion can be contained in one minute, like a crowd in a small space.



Gustave Flaubert, Madame Bovary Quotes: "The smooth folds of her dress concealed a tumultuous heart, and her modest lips told nothing of her torment. She was in love."

The smooth folds of her dress concealed a tumultuous heart, and her modest lips told nothing of her torment. She was in love.



Gustave Flaubert, Madame Bovary Quotes: "Self-confidence depends on environment: one does not speak in the same tone in the drawing room than in the kitchen."

Self-confidence depends on environment: one does not speak in the same tone in the drawing room than in the kitchen.



Gustave Flaubert, Madame Bovary Quotes: "One's duty is to feel what is great, cherish the beautiful, and not accept all the conventions of society with the ignominy that it imposes upon us."

One's duty is to feel what is great, cherish the beautiful, and not accept all the conventions of society with the ignominy that it imposes upon us.



Gustave Flaubert, Madame Bovary Quotes: "And she felt as though she had been there, on that bench, for an eternity. For an infinity of passion can be contained in one minute, like a crowd in a small space."

And she felt as though she had been there, on that bench, for an eternity. For an infinity of passion can be contained in one minute, like a crowd in a small space.



Gustave Flaubert, Madame Bovary Quotes: "Financial demands, of all the rough winds that blow upon our love, (are) quite the coldest and the most biting."

Financial demands, of all the rough winds that blow upon our love, (are) quite the coldest and the most biting.



Gustave Flaubert, Madame Bovary Quotes: "Of all the icy blasts that blow on love, a request for money is the most chilling."

Of all the icy blasts that blow on love, a request for money is the most chilling.



Gustave Flaubert, Madame Bovary Quotes: "...those works that don't touch the heart, it seems to me, miss the true aim of Art."

...those works that don't touch the heart, it seems to me, miss the true aim of Art.