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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
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Identical
Another
Alike
Nothing
Bringing
Heart
Began
Going
Empty
Always
Follow
Procession
Like
Line
Innumerable
Days
Remained

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