Quote by: Emile Zola

With other women he had not been able to touch their flesh without experiencing the desire to devour it, as though ravenous with an abominable hunger to butcher them. But this one, could he then love her, and not kill her?


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  • NameEmile Zola
  • DescriptionFrench writer (1840-1902)
  • AliasesÉmile François Zola
  • BornApril 2, 1840
  • DiedSeptember 29, 1902
  • CountryFrance
  • ProfessionPolitical Journalist; Art Critic; Novelist; Essayist; Playwright; Short Story Writer; Literary Critic; Theatre Critic; Writer
  • WorksLes Rougon-Macquart; Thérèse Raquin; Germinal