I tried to discover, in the rumor of forests and waves, words that oth…

Gustave Flaubert
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I tried to discover, in the rumor of forests and waves, words that other men could not hear, and I pricked up my ears to listen to the revelation of their harmony. ✨ Gustave Flaubert (2005). November: Fragments in a Nondescript Style, Hesperus Press
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I tried to discover, in the rumor of forests and waves, words that other men could not hear, and I pricked up my ears to listen to the revelation of their harmony. ✨ Gustave Flaubert (2005). November: Fragments in a Nondescript Style, Hesperus Press

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