One mustnt ask apple trees for oranges, France for sun, women for love, life for happiness. – Gustave Flaubert
I love my work with a frenetic and perverse love, as an ascetic loves the hair shirt which scratches his belly. – Gustave Flaubert
The most glorious moments in your life are not the so-called days of success, but rather those days when out of dejection and despair you feel rise in you a challenge to life, and the promise of future accomplishments. – Gustave Flaubert
The art of writing is the art of discovering what you believe. – Gustave Flaubert