Only Love Remains

““…what could be better, really, than to sit by the fire in the evening with a book, while the wind beats against the windowpanes, and the lamp burns?… You forget everything and hours go by. Without moving, you walk through lands you imagine you can see, and your thoughts, weaving in and out of the story, delight in the details or follow the outlines of the adventures. You merge with the character; you think you’re the one whose heart is beating so hard within the clothes he’s wearing. …Have you ever had the experience while reading a book, of coming upon some vague idea that you’ve had yourself, some obscure image that comes back to you from far away and seems to express absolutely your most subtle feelings?””

— Léon / Gustave Flaubert’s Madame Bovary: Provincial Ways (Lydia Davis translation)

(Source: lemartien, via handfulsofworld)

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