In her enthusiasms she had always looked for something tangible: she had always loved church for its flowers, music for its romantic words, literature for its power to stir the passions and she rebelled before the mysteries of faith just as she grew ever more restive under discipline, which was antipathetic to her nature.
Gustave FlaubertLife must be a constant education; one must learn everything, from speaking to dying.
Gustave FlaubertThe most glorious moments in your life are not the so-called days of success, but rather those days when out of dejection and despair you feel rise in you a challenge to life, and the promise of future accomplishments.
Gustave FlaubertIt seems to me that I have always existed and that I possess memories that date back to the Pharaohs.
Gustave FlaubertThe great natures which are good, are above everything generous and don't begrudge the giving of themselves.
Gustave Flaubert