Quote by Gustave Flaubert

He saw no reason why there should be all this to-do about so simple a thing as love-making.

He saw no reason why there should be all this to-do about so

Summary

This quote suggests that the speaker does not understand why people make a fuss about the act of love-making, finding it to be a simple and uncomplicated matter. It implies a belief in the straightforward nature of intimate relationships, perhaps disregarding the complexities and emotional aspects that others may attribute to it. The quote could also imply a simplistic view of love and a lack of understanding or appreciation for the nuances and depth that romantic relationships can offer.

Topics

Love

By Gustave Flaubert

Liked the quote? Share it with your friends.

Random Quotations

Success isn't always about greatness. It's about consistency

Success isn't always about greatness. It's about consistency. Consistent hard work leads to success. Greatness will come.

The second he slipped inside of me, all I'd doubted, questio

The second he slipped inside of me, all I'd doubted, questioned, or feared evaporated, leaving me with one single, definite truth--I'd fallen in love with him in an all-consuming blaze that would blind me if I wasn't careful. We fit together like poorly cut puzzle pieces, but when the edges joined and were positioned just right, our scattered images came together to create a solid, deliberate piece of art, completely crystal clear and in focus. I was a goner.

We need to be a leadership position about protecting minors

We need to be a leadership position about protecting minors on the Internet and, more importantly, giving the parents the tools they need to protect them.

Leadership

Never miss a chance to have sex or appear on television.

Never miss a chance to have sex or appear on television.

Opportunity

But what do I have? The things I'm told and the things I tel

But what do I have? The things I'm told and the things I tell, that's all. And as far as I know, that never yet made anyone fly.

Mario Vargas Llosa

Inspirational

The fool has to do at last what the wise did at first.

The fool has to do at last what the wise did at first.

Italian Proverb

Foolishness Fools

Let a man turn to his own childhood -- no further -- if he w

Let a man turn to his own childhood -- no further -- if he will renew his sense of remoteness, and of the mystery of change.

Youth

Their is a road from the eye to heart that does not go throu

Their is a road from the eye to heart that does not go through the intellect.

G. K. Chesterton

Money

Be as careful of the books you read, as of the company you k

Be as careful of the books you read, as of the company you keep; for your habits and character will be as much influenced by the former as by the latter.

Reading

This syndrome, SARS, is now a worldwide health threat... The

This syndrome, SARS, is now a worldwide health threat... The world needs to work together to find its cause, cure the sick and stop its spread.

Gro Harlem Brundtland

Health

The UN is not just a product of do-gooders. It is harshly re

The UN is not just a product of do-gooders. It is harshly real. The day will come when men will see the U.N. and what it means clearly. Everything will be all right -- you know when? When people, just people, stop thinking of the United Nations as a weird Picasso abstraction, and see it as a drawing they made themselves.

Dag Hammarskjold

Nationalism Nation Nationality

Art is always and everywhere the secret confession, and at t

Art is always and everywhere the secret confession, and at the same time the immortal movement of its time.

Time Art