Read much, but not many books.
Gustave Flaubert

A friend who dies, it's something of you who dies.
Gustave Flaubert

One can be the master of what one does, but never of what one feels.
Gustave Flaubert

Anything becomes interesting if you look at it long enough.
Gustave Flaubert

The faster the word sticks to the thought, the more beautiful is the effect.
Gustave Flaubert

I love good sense above all, perhaps because I have none.
Gustave Flaubert

What is the beautiful, if not the impossible.
Gustave Flaubert