“Well, quite softly, one day following another, a spring on a winter, and an autumn after a summer, this wore away, piece by piece, crumb by crumb; it passed away, it is gone, I should say it has sunk; for something always remains at the bottom as one would say—a weight here, at one's heart.”
― Madame Bovary
― Madame Bovary
“But that which most attracts the eye is opposite the Lion d'Or inn, the chemist's shop of Monsieur Homais. In the evening especially its argand lamp is lit up and the red and green jars that embellish his shop-front throw far across the street their two streams of colour; then across them as if in Bengal lights is seen the shadow of the chemist leaning over his desk.”
― Madame Bovary
― Madame Bovary
“There was good in people - deep down, there was always a shred of good.”
― Throne of Glass
― Throne of Glass
“Choosing and then living with the consequences, that’s what deciding really is.”
― The Line
― The Line
“phantasmagoria”
― Madame Bovary
― Madame Bovary
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