Émile Zola Quote

The past was but the cemetery of our illusions: one simply stubbed one's toes on the gravestones.


The Masterpiece (1886)


The past was but the cemetery of our illusions: one simply stubbed one's toes on the gravestones.

The past was but the cemetery of our illusions: one simply stubbed one's toes on the gravestones.

The past was but the cemetery of our illusions: one simply stubbed one's toes on the gravestones.

The past was but the cemetery of our illusions: one simply stubbed one's toes on the gravestones.