Each dream finds at last its form; there is a drink for every thirst, and love for every heart. And there is no better way to spend your life than in the unceasing preoccupation of an idea--of an ideal.
Gustave FlaubertAnd he beholds the moon; like a rounded fragment of ice filled with motionless light.
Gustave FlaubertHe had the vanity to believe men did not like him – while men simply did not know him.
Gustave FlaubertNoble characters and pure affections and happy scenes are very comforting things. They're a refuge from life's disillusionments.
Gustave Flaubert