Human speech is like a cracked kettle on which we tap crude rhythms fo…

Gustave Flaubert
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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. ✨ Madame Bovary pt. 1, ch. 12 (1857) (translation by Francis Steegmuller)
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