I go dreaming into the future, where I see nothing, nothing. I have no plans, no idea, no project, and, what is worse, no ambition. Something โ the eternal โwhatโs the use?โ โ sets its bronze barrier across every avenue that I open up in the realm of hypothesis.
Gustave FlaubertBoredom, that silent spider, was spinning its web in the darkness in every corner of her heart.
Gustave FlaubertI like prostitution. My heart has never failed to pound at the sight of one of those provocatively dressed women walking in the rain under the gaslamps, just as the sight of monks in their robes and girdles touches some ascetic, hidden corner of my soul.
Gustave FlaubertWhat seems to me the highest and the most difficult achievement of Art is not to make us laugh or cry, or to rouse our lust or our anger, but to do as nature does-that is, fill us with wonderment.
Gustave Flaubert