Ocupation: Novelist
Life: February 5, 1848 - May 12, 1907
Birthday: February 5
Death: May 12
Already, he was dreaming of a refined solitude, a comfortable desert, a motionless ark in which to seek refuge from the unending deluge of human stupidity.
source: Joris-Karl Huysmans (2015). “Against the Grain”, p.7, Booklassic
topic: Dream, Stupidity, Solitude, Unending, Deluge, Human Stupidity