Kathryn Harrison The power of ‘Madame Bovary’ stems from Flaubert’s determination to render each object of his scrutiny exactly as it looks, or sounds or smells or feels or tastes. – Kathryn Harrison Bovary Quotes Determination Quotes Feels Quotes Flauberts Quotes Madame Quotes Object Quotes Power Quotes Render Quotes Scrutiny Quotes Smells Quotes Sounds Quotes Stems Quotes Tastes Quotes Madame Bovary’ advanced slowly, as slowly as it would have to have, given an author who held himself accountable to each word, that it be the right word, of which there could be only one. I work in a small study on the top floor of a brownstone in Brooklyn – it’s about 75 square feet, 11 taken up by book shelves along one wall.
Bill Rancic My wife was born and raised in Italy until she was about 9, and then she came to America, and her mom was a great cook, and they have great recipes, and whenever her mom would come into town, we would have all these friends just randomly showing up at our house, and eventually we figured out why. They wanted Mama’s cooking. – Bill Rancic
Jamie-Lynn Sigler I think comedy I’ve learned is really just about relaxing and trusting yourself and allowing yourself to fail. – Jamie-Lynn Sigler
Ben Gibbard At some point, I thought that, as I got older, I’d come to terms with a lot of things. I’d solve some big problems, and eventually I’d become content. It’s almost more depressing to think that the older you get, the more your problems multiply. – Ben Gibbard
Anthony Burgess To write is to become disinterested. There is a certain renunciation in art. – Anthony Burgess
Angourie Rice A huge part of my identity is being a woman, and that’s really important for me, and that’s a big part of my self-expression, so I think it’s really interesting sort of exploring what it means if someone doesn’t have that. – Angourie Rice
Javier Hernandez It was the case that I wanted to go. Not because I don’t like West Ham, but because I need to have minutes on the pitch. – Javier Hernandez
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