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 ZOLAGovernments are suspicious of literature because it is a force that eludes them.
More Emile Zola Quotes
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She was cold by nature, self-love predominating over passion; rather than being virtuous, she preferred to have her pleasures all to herself.
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The conclusion does not belong to the artist.
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Governments are suspicious of literature because it is a force that eludes them.
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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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Through the centuries, the history of peoples is but a lesson in mutual tolerance.
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In my view you cannot claim to have seen something until you have photographed it.
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Blow the candle out, I don’t need to see what my thoughts look like.
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When truth is buried, it grows. It chokes. It gathers such an explosive force that on the day it bursts out, it blows up everything with it.
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When a peasant begins to feel the need for instruction, he usually becomes fiercely calculating.
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Let us eat, drink and satisfy our coarse appetites, but let us keep our souls sacred and apart.
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I would rather die of passion than of boredom.
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If people can just love each other a little bit, they can be so happy.
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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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Everything is only a dream.
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Lovers are made by a kiss.
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