Quotes about Madame

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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
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
The world is full of stupid people. That's why we have rules. But with enough intelligence, a person can be above the ru — Daniel Nayeri, Another Faust
I was also sick of my neighbors, as most Parisians are. I now knew every second of the morning routine of the family ups — Stephen Clarke, A Year in the Merde
There are all sorts of different families, Katie. Some families have one mommy, some families have one daddy, or two fam — Anne Fine, Madame Doubtfire
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
That was the trouble with formulating a system: what could you do but repeat it? — Peter Washington
I have often noticed that we are inclined to endow our friends with the stability of type that literary characters acqui — Vladimir Nabokov, Lolita
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
We write our own destiny — we become what we do.
For the devil has no power . . . except in the dark." - Madame Dorothea — Cassandra Clare, City of Bones
This is the real Madame. I can see why she hides herself in accents and gems and exotic perfumes. I can see why she's gr — Lauren DeStefano, Sever
One thinks of nothing,’ he continued; ‘the hours slip by. Motionless we traverse countries we fancy we see, and your tho — Gustave Flaubert, Madame Bovary
Will you, then, never grow weary of being unjust? — Pierre-Ambroise Choderlos de Laclos, Les Liaisons dangereuses
A life without envy, hatred and lies was not a life worth living. — Stefan Zweig, The Collected Stories of Stefan Zweig
I have often thought that Walter Mitty had it in him to be more than a hen-pecked loser. Instead of living it up as a fl — Indu Muralidharan, The Reengineers
Guilt is a useless feeling. It's never enough to make you change direction--only enough to make you useless. — Daniel Nayeri, Another Faust
Entering by the carré, a piece of mirror- glass, set in an oaken cabinet, repeated my image. It said I was changed: my c — Charlotte Brontë, Villette
Reinette: One may tolerate a world of demons for the sake of an angel. — Steven Moffat