The only way to avoid being unhappy is to close yourself up in Art and to count for nothing all the rest.

Quote by Gustave Flaubert

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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...

Of all the icy blasts that blow on love, a request for money is the...

Of all the icy blasts that blow on love, a request for money is the...

It seems to me that I have always existed and that I possess memories that...

It seems to me that I have always existed and that I possess memories that...

One can be the master of what one does, but never of what one feels.

One can be the master of what one does, but never of what one feels.

Oh, if I had been loved at the age of seventeen, what an idiot I...

Oh, if I had been loved at the age of seventeen, what an idiot I...

The more humanity advances, the more it is degraded.

The more humanity advances, the more it is degraded.

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

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

The deplorable mania of doubt exhausts me. I doubt about everything, even my doubts.

The deplorable mania of doubt exhausts me. I doubt about everything, even my doubts.

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

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

But the disparaging of those we love always alienates us from them to some extent....

But the disparaging of those we love always alienates us from them to some extent....

Human speech is like a cracked kettle on which we tap crude rhythms for bears...

Human speech is like a cracked kettle on which we tap crude rhythms for bears...

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....

Stupidity is something unshakable; nothing attacks it without breaking itself against it; it is of...

Stupidity is something unshakable; nothing attacks it without breaking itself against it; it is of...

The faster the word sticks to the thought, the more beautiful is the effect.

The faster the word sticks to the thought, the more beautiful is the effect.

All one's inventions are true, you can be sure of that. Poetry is as exact...

All one's inventions are true, you can be sure of that. Poetry is as exact...

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...

I believe that if one always looked at the skies, one would end up with...

I believe that if one always looked at the skies, one would end up with...

She (Madame Bovary) had that indefinable beauty that comes from happiness, enthusiasm, success - a...

She (Madame Bovary) had that indefinable beauty that comes from happiness, enthusiasm, success - a...

I offer you peace. I offer you love. I offer you friendship. I see your...

I offer you peace. I offer you love. I offer you friendship. I see your...

Who if I cried out, would hear me among the angel's hierarchies? and even if...

Who if I cried out, would hear me among the angel's hierarchies? and even if...