There is not a particle of life which does not bear poetry w... - Gustave Flaubert

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

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

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

"Do not read as children do to enjoy themselves, or, as the ambitious do to educate themselves. No, read to live."

"The most glorious moments in your life are not the so-called days of success, but rather those days when out of dejection and despair you feel rise in you a challenge to life, and the promise of future accomplishments."