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. . . human speech is like a cracked tin kettle, on which we hammer out tunes to make bears dance when we long to move the stars.	Gustave Flaubert	Madame Bovary
But the disparaging of those we love always alienates us from them to some extent. We must not touch our idols; the gilt comes off in our hands.	Gustave Flaubert	Madame Bovary