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

"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."

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

"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."

"An author in his book must be like God in the universe, present everywhere and visible nowhere."