I am irritated by my own writing. I am like a violinist whos... - Gustave Flaubert
"I am irritated by my own writing. I am like a violinist whose ear is true, but whose fingers refuse to reproduce precisely the sound he hears within."
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"Love is a springtime plant that perfumes everything with its hope, even the ruins to which it clings."
"Love is a springtime plant that perfumes everything with its hope, even the ruins to which it clings."
"An author in his book must be like God in the universe, present everywhere and visible nowhere."
"Do not read as children do to enjoy themselves, or, as the ambitious do to educate themselves. No, read to live."
"We must laugh and cry, enjoy and suffer, in a word, vibrate to our full capacity … I think that’s what being really human means."