The author, in his work, must be like God in the Universe, present everywhere and visible nowhere.

Quote by Gustave Flaubert

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Happiness is a monstrosity! Punished are those who seek it.

Happiness is a monstrosity! Punished are those who seek it.

The heart, like the stomach, wants a varied diet.

The heart, like the stomach, wants a varied diet.

What is the beautiful, if not the impossible.

What is the beautiful, if not the impossible.

I have the handicap of being born with a special language to which I alone...

I have the handicap of being born with a special language to which I alone...

The most glorious moments in your life are not the so-called days of success, but...

The most glorious moments in your life are not the so-called days of success, but...

I love good sense above all, perhaps because I have none.

I love good sense above all, perhaps because I have none.

Our ignorance of history causes us to slander our own times.

Our ignorance of history causes us to slander our own times.

Earth has its boundaries, but human stupidity is limitless.

Earth has its boundaries, but human stupidity is limitless.

Style is as much under the words as in the words. It is as much...

Style is as much under the words as in the words. It is as much...

Art requires neither complaisance nor politeness; nothing but faith, faith and freedom.

Art requires neither complaisance nor politeness; nothing but faith, faith and freedom.

Language is a cracked kettle on which we beat out tunes for bears to dance...

Language is a cracked kettle on which we beat out tunes for bears to dance...

Writing is a dog's life, but the only life worth living.

Writing is a dog's life, but the only life worth living.

Exuberance is better than taste.

Exuberance is better than taste.

There is no truth. There is only perception.

There is no truth. There is only perception.

My kingdom is as wide as the universe and my wants have no limits. I...

My kingdom is as wide as the universe and my wants have no limits. I...

I will cover you with love when next I see you, with caresses, with ecstasy....

I will cover you with love when next I see you, with caresses, with ecstasy....

One must always hope when one is desperate, and doubt when one hopes.

One must always hope when one is desperate, and doubt when one hopes.

One arrives at style only with atrocious effort, with fanatical and devoted stubbornness.

One arrives at style only with atrocious effort, with fanatical and devoted stubbornness.

As a rule we disbelieve all the facts and theories for which we have no...

As a rule we disbelieve all the facts and theories for which we have no...

I hate that which we have decided to call realism, even though I have been...

I hate that which we have decided to call realism, even though I have been...