On spinach: I dislike it, and am happy to dislike it because if I liked it I would eat it, and I cannot stand it.
Gustave FlaubertOne mustn't look at the abyss, because there is at the bottom an inexpressible charm which attracts us.
Gustave FlaubertDo not imagine you can exorcise what oppresses you in life by giving vent to it in art.
Gustave FlaubertThe author, in his work, must be like God in the Universe, present everywhere and visible nowhere.
Gustave Flaubert