--- title: "6 Emma Quotes By Gustave Flaubert" description: "6 Emma quotes by Gustave Flaubert. Plus more from Gustave Flaubert and more Emma sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c23/gustave-flaubert-354_awake_emma-was-no-asleep-she-was-pretending-to_70722.jpg" --- > [Emma was no asleep, she was pretending to be asleep; and, while he was dozing off at her side, she lay awake,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gustave-flaubert/emma-was-no-asleep-she-was-pretending-to-be-asleep-and-while-he-was/) [Gustave Flaubert](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gustave-flaubert/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c23/gustave-flaubert-354_awake_emma-was-no-asleep-she-was-pretending-to_70722.jpg) > [He was bored now when Emma suddenly began to sob on his breast; and his heart, like the people who can only…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gustave-flaubert/he-was-bored-now-when-emma-suddenly-began-to-sob-on-his-breast-and/) [Gustave Flaubert](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gustave-flaubert/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/deb/gustave-flaubert-354_bored_he-was-bored-now-when-emma-suddenly-bega_285747.jpg) > [Remembering the ball became for Emma a daily occupation. Every time Wednesday came round, she told herself when she woke up: 'Ah!…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gustave-flaubert/remembering-the-ball-became-for-emma-a-daily-occupation-every-time/) [Gustave Flaubert](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gustave-flaubert/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1a6/gustave-flaubert-354_balls_remembering-the-ball-became-for-emma-a-d_322461.jpg) > [Before her marriage she had thought that she had love within her grasp; but since the happiness which she had expected this…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gustave-flaubert/before-her-marriage-she-had-thought-that-she-had-love-within-her/) [Gustave Flaubert](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gustave-flaubert/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0f0/gustave-flaubert-354_beautiful_before-her-marriage-she-had-thought-that_1468956.jpg) > [Iced champagne was served, and the feel of the cold wine in her mouth gave Emma a shiver that ran over her…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gustave-flaubert/iced-champagne-was-served-and-the-feel-of-the-cold-wine-in-her-mouth/) [Gustave Flaubert](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gustave-flaubert/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6ae/gustave-flaubert-354_champagne_iced-champagne-was-served-and-the-feel-o_1599089.jpg) > [She was as sated with him as he was tired of her. Emma had rediscovered in adultery all the banality of marriage.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gustave-flaubert/she-was-as-sated-with-him-as-he-was-tired-of-her-emma-had/) [Gustave Flaubert](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gustave-flaubert/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4c0/gustave-flaubert-354_adultery_she-was-as-sated-with-him-as-he-was-tire_2322722.jpg) ## Other authors on Emma ## More by Gustave Flaubert > [As for the piano, the faster her fingers flew over it, the more he marveled. She struck the keys with aplomb and ran from…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gustave-flaubert/as-for-the-piano-the-faster-her-fingers-flew-over-it-the-more-he/) [Gustave Flaubert](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gustave-flaubert/) > [Caught up in life, you see it badly. You suffer from it or enjoy it too much. The artist, in my opinion, is a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gustave-flaubert/caught-up-in-life-you-see-it-badly-you-suffer-from-it-or-enjoy-it-too/) [Gustave Flaubert](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gustave-flaubert/) > [“When one does something, one must do it wholly and well. Those bastard existences where you sell suet all day and write poetry at…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gustave-flaubert/when-one-does-something-one-must-do-it-wholly-and-well-those-bastard/) [Gustave Flaubert](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gustave-flaubert/) > [Isn’t ‘not to be bored’ one of the principal goals of life?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gustave-flaubert/isn-t-not-to-be-bored-one-of-the-principal-goals-of-life/) [Gustave Flaubert](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gustave-flaubert/) > [Love is a springtime plant that perfumes everything with its hope, even the ruins to which it clings.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gustave-flaubert/love-is-a-springtime-plant-that-perfumes-everything-with-its-hope/) [Gustave Flaubert](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gustave-flaubert/) > [“But her life was as cold as an attic facing north; and boredom, like a silent spider, was weaving its web in the shadows,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gustave-flaubert/but-her-life-was-as-cold-as-an-attic-facing-north-and-boredom-like-a/) [Gustave Flaubert](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gustave-flaubert/) > [When you reduce a woman to writing, she makes you think of a thousand other women](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gustave-flaubert/when-you-reduce-a-woman-to-writing-she-makes-you-think-of-a-thousand/) [Gustave Flaubert](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gustave-flaubert/) > [Travel makes one modest. You see what a tiny place you occupy in the world.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gustave-flaubert/travel-makes-one-modest-you-see-what-a-tiny-place-you-occupy-in-the/) [Gustave Flaubert](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gustave-flaubert/) > [“We must not touch our idols; the gilt sticks to our fingers.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gustave-flaubert/we-must-not-touch-our-idols-the-gilt-sticks-to-our-fingers/) [Gustave Flaubert](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gustave-flaubert/) > [A superhuman will is needed in order to write, and I am only a man.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gustave-flaubert/a-superhuman-will-is-needed-in-order-to-write-and-i-am-only-a-man/) [Gustave Flaubert](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gustave-flaubert/) > [The writer must wade into life as into the sea, but only up to the navel.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gustave-flaubert/the-writer-must-wade-into-life-as-into-the-sea-but-only-up-to-the/) [Gustave Flaubert](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gustave-flaubert/) > [COLD. Healthier than heat.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gustave-flaubert/cold-healthier-than-heat/) [Gustave Flaubert](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gustave-flaubert/) > [And indeed, what is better than to sit by one's fireside in the evening with a book, while the wind beats against the window…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gustave-flaubert/and-indeed-what-is-better-than-to-sit-by-one-s-fireside-in-the/) [Gustave Flaubert](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gustave-flaubert/) > [One's existence should be in two parts: one should live like a bourgeois and think like a demigod.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gustave-flaubert/one-s-existence-should-be-in-two-parts-one-should-live-like-a/) [Gustave Flaubert](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gustave-flaubert/) > [Emma was no asleep, she was pretending to be asleep; and, while he was dozing off at her side, she lay awake, dreaming other…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gustave-flaubert/emma-was-no-asleep-she-was-pretending-to-be-asleep-and-while-he-was/) [Gustave Flaubert](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gustave-flaubert/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/emma/gustave-flaubert/#itemlist", "name": "6 Emma Quotes By Gustave Flaubert", "numberOfItems": 6, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Emma was no asleep, she was pretending to be asleep; and, while he was dozing off at her side, she lay awake, dreaming other dreams.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Gustave Flaubert" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gustave-flaubert/emma-was-no-asleep-she-was-pretending-to-be-asleep-and-while-he-was/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c23/gustave-flaubert-354_awake_emma-was-no-asleep-she-was-pretending-to_70722.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c23/gustave-flaubert-354_awake_emma-was-no-asleep-she-was-pretending-to_70722.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c23/gustave-flaubert-354_awake_emma-was-no-asleep-she-was-pretending-to_70722.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Emma was no asleep, she was pretending to be asleep; and, while he was dozing off at her side, she lay…” — Gustave Flaubert", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "He was bored now when Emma suddenly began to sob on his breast; and his heart, like the people who can only stand a certain amount of music, became drowsy through indifference to the vibrations of a love whose subtleties he could no longer distinguish.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Gustave Flaubert" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gustave-flaubert/he-was-bored-now-when-emma-suddenly-began-to-sob-on-his-breast-and/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/deb/gustave-flaubert-354_bored_he-was-bored-now-when-emma-suddenly-bega_285747.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/deb/gustave-flaubert-354_bored_he-was-bored-now-when-emma-suddenly-bega_285747.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/deb/gustave-flaubert-354_bored_he-was-bored-now-when-emma-suddenly-bega_285747.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“He was bored now when Emma suddenly began to sob on his breast; and his heart, like the people who can only…” — Gustave Flaubert", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Remembering the ball became for Emma a daily occupation. 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