The idea of bringing someone into the world fills me with horror. I wo…

Gustave Flaubert
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The idea of bringing someone into the world fills me with horror. I would curse myself if I were a father. A son of mine! Oh no, no, no! May my entire flesh perish and may I transmit to no one the aggravations and the disgrace of existence. ✨ Letter to Madame Louise Colet, December 11, 1852.
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The idea of bringing someone into the world fills me with horror. I would curse myself if I were a father. A son of mine! Oh no, no, no! May my entire flesh perish and may I transmit to no one the aggravations and the disgrace of existence. ✨ Letter to Madame Louise Colet, December 11, 1852.

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