"Before marriage she thought herself in love; but the happiness that should have followed this love not having come, she must, she thought, have been mistaken. And Emma tried to find out what one meant exactly in life by the words felicity, passion, rapture, that had seemed to her so beautiful in books" (Flaubert, 22).
This small passage is from the novel, Madame Bovary by Gustave Flaubert which is the story of one's unhappiness in her own marriage. She was never satisfied with the love she was given from her husband and she longed for a fantasy-like marriage that she only read in books. This passage is beautifully written and perfectly explains how Emma is feeling after being married and not being as happy as she thought she would be.
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