As for the piano, the faster her fingers flew over it, the

As for the piano, the faster her fingers flew over it, the more he marveled. She struck the keys with aplomb and ran from one end of the keyboard to the other without a stop.

📖 Gustave Flaubert

🌍 French | 👨‍💼 Novelist

🎂 December 12, 1821 – ⚰️ May 8, 1880

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