Boredom Quote by Gustave Flaubert

•"for her, life was as cold as an attic with a window looking to the north, and ennui, like a spider, was silently spinning…

— Gustave Flaubert

“But she—her life was cold as a garret whose dormer window looks on the north, and ennui, the silent spider, was weaving its web…

— Gustave Flaubert

Boredom, that silent spider, was spinning its web in the darkness in every corner of her heart.

— Gustave Flaubert

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