Flaubert Quotes
And there was that poor sucker Flaubert rolling around on his floor for three days looking for the right word.
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.
The sight of so many ruins destroys any desire to build shanties
Books say: She did this because. Life says: She did this. Books are where things are explained to you
It seems that the people of Oran are like that friend of Flaubert who, on the point of death, casting a last glance at the irreplaceable earth, exclaimed: "Close the window, it's too beautiful.
The smooth folds of her dress concealed a tumultuous heart, and her modest lips told nothing of her torment. She was in love.
There are two infinities that confuse me: the one in my soul devours me
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.
Me and my books, in the same apartment: like a gherkin in its vinegar.
A pier is a disappointed bridge
