Izgledalo joj je da poneka mesta na zemlji sama po sebi stvaraju sreću, kao što neka biljka uspeva na jednom zemljištu, a na drugom ne.
Gustave FlaubertHe leaned against the writing desk and stayed there till nightfall, lost in sorrowful thoughts. After all, she had loved him.
Gustave FlaubertOne event sometimes had infinite ramifications and could change the whole settings of a person's life.
Gustave FlaubertWhat could be better than to sit besides the fire with a book and a glowing lamp while the wind beats outside the windows...
Gustave FlaubertLove, she felt, ought to come all at once, with great thunderclaps and flashes of lightning; it was like a storm bursting upon life from the sky, uprooting it, overwhelming the will, and sweeping the heart into the abyss. It did not occur to her that rain forms puddles on a flat roof when the drainpipes are clogged, and she would have continued to feel secure if she had not suddenly discovered a crack in the wall.
Gustave FlaubertBut what was making her unhappy? Where was the extraordinary catastrophe that had wrecked her life?She raised her head and looked around, as though trying to find the cause of her suffering.
Gustave FlaubertThere was always an uncertain promise dangling in the future like a golden fruit hanging from some fantastic bough.
Gustave FlaubertSpeech is a rolling mill which always stretches out the feelings that go into it.
Gustave FlaubertHow did you expect me to live without you? Once you've known happiness it's impossible to get used to not having it. I was desperate! I thought I should die! I'll tell you all about it, you'll see... And you-- you stayed away from me!' He had been carefully avoiding her for the past three years, out of that natural cowardice that characterises the stronger sex; and Emma went on, moving her head in winsome little gestures, more affectionate than an amorous cat.
Gustave FlaubertI have come to have the firm conviction that vanity is the basis of everything, and finally that what one calls conscience is only inner vanity.
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