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

"Do not read, as children do, to amuse yourself, or like the ambitious, for the purpose of instruction. No, read in order to live."

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

"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."