‘But the denigration of those we love always severs us from them a little. Idols must not be touched; the gilt comes off on our hands.’
Madame Bovary, Gustave Flaubert
‘But the denigration of those we love always severs us from them a little. Idols must not be touched; the gilt comes off on our hands.’
Madame Bovary, Gustave Flaubert
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