More quotes by Gustave Flaubert

"There are two infinities that confuse me: the one in my soul devours me; the one around me will crush me"
"One mustn't ask apple trees for oranges, France for sun, women for love, life for happiness."
"Love is a springtime plant that perfumes everything with its hope, even the ruins to which it clings."
"The public wants work which flatters its illusions."
"When you reduce a woman to writing, she makes you think of a thousand other women"