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His [Flaubert's] commitment to writing overshadowed his commitment to human relationships.
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Apocryphally, his mother confronted him with this when she uttered the withering and memorable phrase: ‘Your obsession with sentences has dried up your heart’ (‘Ta rage des phrases t’a desséché le cœur’).
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[…]
Apocryphally, his mother confronted him with this when she uttered the withering and memorable phrase: ‘Your obsession with sentences has dried up your heart’ (‘Ta rage des phrases t’a desséché le cœur’).

