Be regular and orderly in your life, so that you may be violent and original in your work.
Gustave FlaubertMadame Aubain's servant Felicite was the envy of the ladies of Pont-l'Eveque for half a century.
Gustave FlaubertI tried to discover, in the rumor of forests and waves, words that other men could not hear, and I pricked up my ears to listen to the revelation of their harmony.
Gustave FlaubertAnd so I will take back up my poor life, so plain and so tranquil, where phrases are adventures and the only flowers I gather aremetaphors.
Gustave Flaubert