Gustave Flaubert Quotes on Loneliness

3 quotes

  1. But her life was as cold as an attic facing north; and boredom, like a silent spider, was weaving its web in the shadows, in every corner of her heart.

  2. What exasperated her was Charles's total unawareness of her ordeal. His conviction that he was making her happy she took as a stupid insult: such self-righteousness could only mean that he didn't appreciate her.

  3. Poor little thing! She's gasping for love like a carp on a kitchen table gasping for water.

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