"Flaubert's Parrot" Quotes
A thought-provoking exploration of identity and memory within the constraints of a dystopian society.
fiction | 192 pages | Published in 2010
Quotes
Madame Bovary, c’est moi.
The more one acquires knowledge, the stranger and more inexplicable life becomes.
A book is a creation, not a reflection.
Art requires neither complaisance nor politeness.
For a book to exist, it is not enough for it to have been written; it must also be read.
In order to learn to be a servant, you must stand aside and let others go first.
My friends call me wise, my enemies call me insane.
Life resembles a book more closely than it resembles anything else.
Books are the only possible form of time travel.
Every reader has his or her own book.
