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.
EMILE ZOLAIf I cannot overwhelm with my quality, I will overwhelm with my quantity.
More Emile Zola Quotes
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My fiery protest is simply the cry of my very soul.
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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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Don’t go looking at me like that because you’ll wear your eyes out.
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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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A new dynasty is never founded without a struggle. Blood makes good manure.
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Why then should money be blamed for all the dirt and crimes it causes? For is love less filthy – love which creates life?
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The day is not far off when one ordinary carrot may be pregnant with revolution.
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Classical education has deformed everything, and has imposed upon us as geniuses men of correct, facile talent, who follow the beaten track.
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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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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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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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Lovers are made by a kiss.
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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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If something’s just, I’ll let myself be hacked to bits for it.
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The past was but the cemetery of our illusions: one simply stubbed one’s toes on the gravestones.
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