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Gustave Flaubert Quotes

Gustave Flaubert quotes about hope

French Novelist, Writer December 12, 1821 – May 8, 1880

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Gustave Flaubert quote: "Love is a springtime plant that perfumes everything with its..."
Love is a springtime plant that perfumes everything with its hope, even the ruins to which it clings. Gustave Flaubert
Deep down, all the while, she was waiting for something to happen. Like a sailor in distress, she kept casting desperate glances over the solitary waster of her life, seeking some white sail in the distant mists of the horizon. She had no idea by what wind it would reach her, toward what shore it would bear her, or what kind of craft it would be? tiny boat or towering vessel, laden with heartbreaks or filled to the gunwhales with rapture. But every morning when she awoke she hoped that today... Gustave Flaubert
At the bottom of her heart, however, she was waiting for something to happen. Like shipwrecked sailors, she turned despairing eyes upon the solitude of her life, seeking afar off some white sail in the mists of the horizon. She did not know what this chance would be, what wind would bring it her, towards what shore it would drive her, if it would be a shallop or a three-decker, laden with anguish or full of bliss to the portholes. But each morning, as she awoke, she hoped it would come that... Gustave Flaubert
Pellerin used to read every available book on aesthetics, in the hope of discovering the true theory of Beauty, for he was convinced that once he had found it he would be able to paint masterpieces. Gustave Flaubert
Gustave Flaubert quote: "You must write for yourself, above all. That is your only..."
You must write for yourself, above all. That is your only hope of creating something beautiful. Gustave Flaubert
Gustave Flaubert quote: "One must always hope when one is desperate, and doubt when one..."
One must always hope when one is desperate, and doubt when one hopes. Gustave Flaubert
Gustave Flaubert quote: "We aren't there yet,' said Bouvard. Let's hope not,' said..."
We aren't there yet,' said Bouvard. Let's hope not,' said Pecuchet. Gustave Flaubert

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