Today is the birthday of Gustave Flaubert (December 12, 1821 – May 8, 1880), novelist. He is best known for his novel, Madame Bovary (1857)."Travel makes one modest. You see what a tiny place you occupy in the world."
- Gustave Flaubert
"What better occupation, really, than to spend the evening at the fireside with a book, with the wind beating on the windows and the lamp burning bright...Haven't you ever happened to come across in a book some vague notion that you've had, some obscure idea that returns from afar and that seems to express completely your most subtle feelings?"
- Gustave Flaubert
"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."
- Gustave Flaubert
"Anything becomes interesting if you look at it long enough."
- Gustave Flaubert
"I believe that if one always looked at the skies, one would end up with wings."
- Gustave Flaubert
"Pleasure is found first in anticipation, later in memory."
- Gustave Flaubert
"The art of writing is the art of discovering what you believe."
- Gustave Flaubert
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