When you reduce a woman to writing, she makes you think of a thousand …

Gustave Flaubert
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When you reduce a woman to writing, she makes you think of a thousand other women ✨ Gustave Flaubert (1991). Early Writings, p.10, U of Nebraska Press
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When you reduce a woman to writing, she makes you think of a thousand other women ✨ Gustave Flaubert (1991). Early Writings, p.10, U of Nebraska Press

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