The memories of her past life, which till then had always been so clear and definite, vanished so completely in the splendours of the moment that she could hardly persuade herself they were not a dream. There she was.
(Madame Bovary, 1856)
Gustave Flaubert
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One can be the master of what one does, but never of what one feels. Life must be a constant education; one must learn everything, from speaking to dying. If you knew all the dreams I've dreamed!
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