Alas, I am dying beyond my means.
Alcohol, taken in sufficient quantities, may produce all the effects of drunkenness.
M. Zola is determined to show that, if he has not got genius, he can at least be dull.
memory, like a horrible malady, was eating his soul away
Loveless marriages are horrible. But there is one thing worse than an absolutely loveless marriage. A marriage in which there is love, but on one side only; faith, but on one side only; devotion, but on one side only, and in which of the two hearts one is sure to be broken.
Just be your self. Everybody else is already taken.