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… Her heart remained empty once more, and the procession of days all alike began again. So they were going to follow one another, like this, in line, always identical, innumerable, bringing nothing!

Gustave Flaubert

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Gustave Flaubert
Age: 58 †
Born: 1821
Born: December 12
Died: 1880
Died: May 8
Novelist
Writer
Flaubert
Empty
Going
Follow
Procession
Always
Line
Innumerable
Like
Days
Remained
Lines
Identical
Another
Alike
Bringing
Nothing
Began
Heart

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