“Human speech is like a cracked kettle on which we tap crude rhythms for bears to dance to, while we long to make music that will melt the stars.”

~ Gustav Flaubert ~

A few crude rhythms have been tapped out on this camp kettle....Quote from Madam Bovary

Gustave Flaubert was an influential French novelist who was perhaps the leading exponent of literary realism in his country.

Born: December 12, 1821, Rouen, France

Died: May 8, 1880, Canteleu, France

Education: Lycée Pierre-Corneille

Influenced by: Honoré de Balzac, Victor Hugo, more

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