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Boredom, that silent spider, was spinning its web in the darkness in every corner of her heart.

Gustave Flaubert

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Gustave Flaubert
Age: 58 †
Born: 1821
Born: December 12
Died: 1880
Died: May 8
Novelist
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Spider
Darkness
Spiders
Heart
Spinning
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Blessing
Silent

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