John IrvingThe time to read Madame Bovary is when your romantic hopes and desires have crashed, and you will believe that your future relationships will have disappointing - even devastating - consequences.
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The time to read Madame Bovary is when your romantic hopes and desires have crashed, and you will believe that your future relationships will have disappointing - even devastating - consequences. The only way of maintaining a romance is by having expectations of failure. If you are not prepared for failure, you will not be disappointed when it happens. You will still have hope that your new relationship might work out after all.
Source: In One Person
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