She might have liked to try to strangle him with those slender fingers of hers, but she wanted to make a job of it and this great patience with which she waited for her claws to grow was in itself a form of enjoyment.
EMILE ZOLAArt for me…is a negation of society, an affirmation of the individual, outside of all the rules and all the demands of society.
More Emile Zola Quotes
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Through the centuries, the history of peoples is but a lesson in mutual tolerance.
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Art is a corner of creation seen through a temperament.
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They talked so, with secret hearts, without needing words, talking of other things. They could have suddenly continued their confessions aloud, without ceasing to understand each other.
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Since the same human mire remains beneath, does not all civilization reduce itself to the superiority of smelling nice and living well?
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It is not necessary that one should humble oneself to deserve assistance, it is sufficient that one should suffer.
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Nothing develops intelligence like travel.
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Respectable people, What bastards!
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One forges one’s style on the terrible anvil of daily deadlines.
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Lovers are made by a kiss.
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Violence has never prospered, you can’t remake the world in a day. Anyone who promises to change everything for you all at once is either a fool or a rogue!
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Has science ever retreated? No! It is Catholicism which has always retreated before her, and will always be forced to retreat.
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If people can just love each other a little bit, they can be so happy.
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Everything is only a dream.
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The only basis for living is believing in life, loving it, and applying the whole force of one’s intellect to know it better.
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Don’t go looking at me like that because you’ll wear your eyes out.
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