246 Quotes by Émile Zola

Everything is only a dream.

It is not necessary that one should humble oneself to deserve assistance, it is sufficient that one should suffer.

If people can just love each other a little bit, they can be so happy.

From the moment I start a new novel, life's just one endless torture. The first few chapters may go fairly well and I may feel there's still a chance to prove my worth, but that feeling soon disappears and every day I feel less and less satisfied.

When truth is buried, it grows. It chokes. It gathers such an explosive force that on the day it bursts out, it blows up everything with it.

Did science promise happiness? I do not believe it. It promised truth, and the question is to know if we will ever make happiness with truth.

The only basis for living is believing in life, loving it, and applying the whole force of one's intellect to know it better.

An entire lifetime would not be long enough for you to exhaust the glance of the young harvest-girl.

Blow the candle out, I don't need to see what my thoughts look like.