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

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

我以一种狂热而反常的爱爱着我的工作，就像一个苦行僧爱着挠破肚皮的汗衫。

-- Gustave Flaubert 福楼拜