Art for me...is a negation of society, an affirmation of the individual, outside of all the rules and all the demands of society.
Emile ZolaAn entire lifetime would not be long enough for you to exhaust the glance of the young harvest-girl.
Emile ZolaShe might have liked to try to strangle him with those slender fingers of hers, but she wanted to make a job of it and this great patience with which she waited for her claws to grow was in itself a form of enjoyment.
Emile Zola