“Essentially, Doctor Pascal's only faith was his faith in life. Life was the unique manifestation of the divine. Life was God, the great motive power, the soul of the universe. And the sole instrument of life was heredity, which made… — Émile Zola Copy Share Image
“Hélène, her eyes once more raised and remote, was deep in a dream. She was Lady Rowena, she was in love, with the deep… — Émile Zola Copy Share Image
How evil life must be if it were indeed necessary that such imploring cries, such cries of physical and moral wretchedness, should ever and… — Emile Zola Copy Share Image
“he was carried aloft, for the moment, on one of those great waves of hope from which he was usually plunged deep into the… — Émile Zola Copy Share Image
“Death had to take her little by little, bit by bit, dragging her along to the bitter end of the miserable existence she'd made… — Émile Zola Copy Share Image
“Lastly, I accuse the first court-martial of having violated the law by condemning an accused person on one document kept secret, and I accuse… — Émile Zola Copy Share Image
“vexation, yet filled with unconscious regret for the terrible unknown things that might have, but had not, happened (23)” — Émile Zola Copy Share Image
“Good gracious!" she exclaimed, "she's been more than an hour in there! When the priests set about cleansing her of her sins, the choir-boys… — Émile Zola Copy Share Image
The only basis for living is believing in life, loving it, and applying the whole force of one's intellect to know it better. — Emile Zola Copy Share Image
“A new dynasty is never founded without a struggle. Blood makes good manure. It will be a good thing for the Rougon family to be founded on a massacre, like many illustrious families." --Monsieur de Carnavant” — Émile Zola Copy Share
I believe that all is illusion and vanity outside the treasure of truths slowly accumulated, and which will never again be lost. I believe… — Emile Zola Copy Share Image
