He dreamed of funeral love, but dreams crumble and the tomb abides

Gustave Flaubert
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He dreamed of funeral love, but dreams crumble and the tomb abides
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The principal thing in this world is to keep one's soul aloft. ✨ Gustave Flaubert, Francis Steegmuller (1982). The Letters of Gustave Flaubert: 1857-1880, p.205, Harvard University Press
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