I believe that if one always looked at the skies, one would... - Gustave Flaubert

"Do not read, as children do, to amuse yourself, or like the ambitious, for the purpose of instruction. No, read in order to live."

"God is only a word dreamed up to explain the world"

"One mustn't ask apple trees for oranges, France for sun, women for love, life for happiness."

"Be steady and well-ordered in your life so that you can be fierce and original in your work."

"Love is a springtime plant that perfumes everything with its hope, even the ruins to which it clings."