Quote by Gustave Flaubert

And the more he was irritated by her basic personality, the more he was drawn to her by a harsh, bestial sensuality, illusions of a moment, which ended in hate.

And the more he was irritated by her basic personality, the

Summary

This quote suggests that the speaker is initially irritated by someone's fundamental nature or personality. However, paradoxically, this irritation seems to intensify their attraction towards this person. This attraction is not built on a deep or meaningful connection, but rather on a strong and instinctual desire. Ultimately, these intense feelings of attraction quickly turn into hatred, indicating the fleeting and volatile nature of their relationship.

Topics

By Gustave Flaubert

Liked the quote? Share it with your friends.

Random Quotations

Vaccination is the medical sacrament corresponding to baptis

Vaccination is the medical sacrament corresponding to baptism. Whether it is or is not more efficacious I do not know.

Retribution often means that we eventually do to ourselves w

Retribution often means that we eventually do to ourselves what we have done unto others.

DO NOT PUT ALL YOUR TRUST IN ROOT VEGETABLES. WHAT THINGS SE

DO NOT PUT ALL YOUR TRUST IN ROOT VEGETABLES. WHAT THINGS SEEM TO BE MAY NOT BE WHAT THEY ARE.-Death

Terry Pratchett

Death Belief Potato

There are chapters in every life which are seldom read and c

There are chapters in every life which are seldom read and certainly not aloud.

For tis not in mere death that men die most.

For tis not in mere death that men die most.

Elizabeth Barrett Browning

The game Rock Band has been haunting me like a bad ring tone

The game Rock Band has been haunting me like a bad ring tone. It gets stuck in my head and momentarily effaces all that I love about music.

Carrie Brownstein

Music Love Game Games

Words will not fail when the matter is well considered.

Words will not fail when the matter is well considered.

Manners are happy ways of doing things.

Manners are happy ways of doing things.

If there is anything in the world that can really be called

If there is anything in the world that can really be called a mans property, it is surely that which is the result of his mental activity.

Arthur Schopenhauer

Slavery is so intolerable a condition that the slave can har

Slavery is so intolerable a condition that the slave can hardly escape deluding himself into thinking that he is choosing to obey his master's commands when, in fact, he is obliged to. Most slaves of habit suffer from this delusion and so do some writers, enslaved by an all too personal style.

Wear your love like heaven.

Wear your love like heaven.

Change your life today. Don't gamble on the future, act now,

Change your life today. Don't gamble on the future, act now, without delay.

Simone de Beauvoir