Gustave Flaubert quote: But her life was as cold as an attic facing north; and boredom, like a silent spider, was weaving its ...

But her life was as cold as an attic facing north; and boredom, like a silent spider, was weaving its web in the shadows, in every corner of her heart.

~ Gustave Flaubert ~

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