More quotes by Gustave Flaubert

"One mustn't ask apple trees for oranges, France for sun, women for love, life for happiness."
"An author in his book must be like God in the universe, present everywhere and visible nowhere."
"Be steady and well-ordered in your life so that you can be fierce and original in your work."
"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."
"Love is a springtime plant that perfumes everything with its hope, even the ruins to which it clings."