Love is a springtime plant that perfumes everything with its... - Gustave Flaubert

"There is not a particle of life which does not bear poetry within it"

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

"To be stupid, selfish, and have good health are three requirements for happiness, though if stupidity is lacking, all is lost."

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

"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."