Gustave Flaubert quote: Human speech is like a cracked kettle on which we tap crude rhythms for bears to dance to, while we ...

Human speech is like a cracked kettle on which we tap crude rhythms for bears to dance to, while we long to make music that will melt the stars.

~ Gustave Flaubert ~

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Human speech is like a cracked kettle on which we tap crude rhythms for bears to dance to, while we ...

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