My fiery protest is simply the cry of my very soul.
EMILE ZOLANothing develops intelligence like travel.
More Emile Zola Quotes
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When lovers kiss on the cheeks, it is because they are searching, feeling for one another’s lips. Lovers are made by a kiss.
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How evil life must be if it were indeed necessary that such imploring cries, such cries of physical and moral wretchedness, should ever and ever ascend to heaven!
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When sometimes, behind his back, they called him a tyrant, he merely smiled and uttered this profound observation: If some day I turn liberal, they will say I have let them down.
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The camembert with its venison scent defeats the Marolles and Limbourg dull smells; It spreads its exhalation, smothering the other scents under its surprising breath abundance.
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It is not I who am strong, it is reason, it is truth.
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Every wave is a water sprite who swims in the current, each current is a path which snakes towards my palace, and my palace is fluidly built at the bottom of the lake, in the triangle of earth, fire and water.
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Blow the candle out, I don’t need to see what my thoughts look like.
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Governments are suspicious of literature because it is a force that eludes them.
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The fate of animals is of greater importance to me than the fear of appearing ridiculous; it is indissolubly connected with the fate of men.
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Oh, the fools, like a lot of good little schoolboys, scared to death of anything they’ve been taught is wrong!
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In my view you cannot claim to have seen something until you have photographed it.
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The road to Lourdes is littered with crutches, but not one wooden leg.
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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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Art is a corner of creation seen through a temperament.
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I am spending delightful afternoons in my garden, watching everything living around me. As I grow older, I feel everything departing, and I love everything with more passion.
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