Quotation by

Gustave Flaubert

I love my work with a frenetic and perverse love, as an ascetic loves the hair shirt which scratches his belly.

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The author describes his intense and almost irrational passion for his work, comparing it to how an ascetic willingly endures discomfort for a higher purpose. This means he embraces the difficulties and frustrations of his work as something necessary and even cherished, despite how painful or unpleasant they may be.

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