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The thought is a deed. Of all deeds she fertilizes the world most.

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Emile Zola
Age: 62 †
Born: 1840
Born: January 1
Died: 1902
Died: January 1
Art Critic
Essayist
Journalist
Literary Critic
Novelist
Photographer
Playwright
Poet
Political Journalist
Short Story Writer
Theatre Critic
Paris
France
Emile Edouard Charles Antoine Zola
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Art for me...is a negation of society, an affirmation of the individual, outside of all the rules and all the demands of society.
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It all seemed a hollow sham now - that strict code, that conscientious virtue that condemned her to the sterile joys of pious women! No, no, she'd had enough of that she wanted to live!
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The vague torment of ... ambition.
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Governments are suspicious of literature because it is a force that eludes them.
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I would rather die of passion than of boredom.
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Since the same human mire remains beneath, does not all civilization reduce itself to the superiority of smelling nice and living well?
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If I cannot overwhelm with my quality, I will overwhelm with my quantity.
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She might have liked to try to strangle him with those slender fingers of hers, but she wanted to make a job of it and this great patience with which she waited for her claws to grow was in itself a form of enjoyment.
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The camembert with its venison scent defeats the Marolles and Limbourg dull smells It spreads its exhalation, smothering the other scents under its surprising breath abundance.
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The only basis for living is believing in life, loving it, and applying the whole force of one's intellect to know it better.
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Perfection is such a nuisance that I often regret having cured myself of using tobacco.
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What will be the death of me are buillabaisses, food spiced with pimiento, shellfish, and a load of exquisite rubbish which I eat in disproportionate quantities.
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The artist is nothing without the gift, but the gift is nothing without work.
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If something's just, I'll let myself be hacked to bits for it.
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Civilization will not attain to its perfection until the last stone from the last church falls on the last priest.
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They talked so, with secret hearts, without needing words, talking of other things... They could have suddenly continued their confessions aloud, without ceasing to understand each other.
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When truth is buried, it grows. It chokes. It gathers such an explosive force that on the day it bursts out, it blows up everything with it.
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