More quotes by Gustave Flaubert

"An author in his book must be like God in the universe, present everywhere and visible nowhere."
"When you reduce a woman to writing, she makes you think of a thousand other women"
"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."
"Artists who seek perfection in everything are those who cannot attain it in anything."