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Gustave Flaubert

"Stupidity is something unshakable; nothing attacks it without breaking itself against it; it is of the nature of granite, hard and resistant."

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"Stupidity is something unshakable; nothing attacks it without breaking itself against it; it is of the nature of granite, hard and resistant."

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"No mountain is of any appreciable height to break the curve of the sphere."

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"Dark night knows what full moon requires When all your love my heart acquiresCelestial bodies no more faded Life makes sound, silence invaded."

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"Take a giant drink of natures endless stream let it spout from your mouth in words so serene."

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"Creatures, I give you yourselves," said the strong, happy voice of Aslan. "I give to you forever this land of Narnia. I give you the woods, the fruits, the rivers. I give you the stars and I give you myself. The Dumb Beasts whom I have not chosen are yours also. Treat them gently and cherish them but do not go back to their ways lest you cease to be Talking Beasts. For out of them you were taken and into them you can return. Do not so."

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"He does not despise real woods because he has read of enchanted woods, the reading makes all real woods a little enchanted."

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"A vacuum is a hell of a lot better than some of the stuff that nature replaces it with."

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"If men could fit water into their pockets, the ocean would be empty."

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"Flowers are the beautiful hairs of the Mother Spring! Don't pluck them!"

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"Memory works in different ways for everybody. Different capacities, different directions, too. Sometimes memory helps you think, sometimes it impedes. Doesn't mean it's good or bad. Probably means it's no big deal."

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"Not just beautiful, though--the stars are like the trees in the forest, alive and breathing. And they're watching me."

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