Quotes by Gustave Flaubert, Madame Bovary

Explore a curated collection of 49 quotes by Gustave Flaubert, Madame Bovary. Discover timeless wisdom, insightful thoughts, and memorable words that have inspired readers around the world. Browse through the gallery below and click on any quote to read more.

But, in her life, nothing was going to happen. Such was the will of God! The future was a dark corridor, and at the far — Gustave Flaubert, Madame Bovary
As for the piano, the faster her fingers flew over it, the more he marveled. She struck the keys with aplomb and ran fro — Gustave Flaubert, Madame Bovary
At the bottom of her heart, however, she was waiting for something to happen. Like shipwrecked sailors, she turned despa — Gustave Flaubert, Madame Bovary
The smooth folds of her dress concealed a tumultuous heart, and her modest lips told nothing of her torment. She was in — Gustave Flaubert, Madame Bovary
I believe in the Supreme Being, in a Creator, whatever he may be. I care little who has placed us here below to fulfil o — Gustave Flaubert, Madame Bovary
Before her marriage she had thought that she had love within her grasp; but since the happiness which she had expected t — Gustave Flaubert, Madame Bovary
An infinity of passion can be contained in one minute, like a crowd in a small space. — Gustave Flaubert, Madame Bovary
You forget everything. The hours slip by. You travel in your chair through centuries you seem seem to see before you, yo — Gustave Flaubert, Madame Bovary
Let us not kid ourselves; let us remember that literature is of no use whatever, except in the very special case of some — Gustave Flaubert, Madame Bovary
He had carefully avoided her out of the natural cowardice that characterizes the stronger sex. — Gustave Flaubert, Madame Bovary
...those works that don't touch the heart, it seems to me, miss the true aim of Art. — Gustave Flaubert, Madame Bovary
What better occupation, really, than to spend the evening at the fireside with a book, with the wind beating on the wind — Gustave Flaubert, Madame Bovary
She was as sated with him as he was tired of her. Emma had rediscovered in adultery all the banality of marriage. — Gustave Flaubert, Madame Bovary
Before marriage she thought hserself in love; but the happiness that should have followed this love not having come, she — Gustave Flaubert, Madame Bovary
Of all the icy blasts that blow on love, a request for money is the most chilling. — Gustave Flaubert, Madame Bovary
Financial demands, of all the rough winds that blow upon our love, (are) quite the coldest and the most biting. — Gustave Flaubert, Madame Bovary
And she felt as though she had been there, on that bench, for an eternity. For an infinity of passion can be contained i — Gustave Flaubert, Madame Bovary
Motionless we traverse countries we fancy we see, and your thought, blending with the fiction, playing with the details, — Gustave Flaubert, Madame Bovary
One's duty is to feel what is great, cherish the beautiful, and not accept all the conventions of society with the ignom — Gustave Flaubert, Madame Bovary
Deep in her soul, however, she was waiting for something to happen. Like a sailor in distress, she would gaze out over t — Gustave Flaubert, Madame Bovary