The true poet for me is a priest. As soon as he dons the cassock, he must leave his family.[Le vrai poète pour moi est un prêtre. Dès qu’il passe la soutane il doit quitter sa famille.]
Source:Letter to Louise Colet (June 1, 1853), The Letter of Gustave Flaubert (1830-1857), (ed. 1980), Page 186
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