Sometimes in this life, under the stress of an exceptional emotion, people do say what they think.
MARCEL PROUSTIt comes so soon, the moment when there is nothing left to wait for.
More Marcel Proust Quotes
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A picture’s beauty does not depend on the things portrayed in it.
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No man is a complete mystery except to himself.
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Desire makes everything blossom.
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In love, happiness is an abnormal state.
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Everything great in the world comes from neurotics. They alone have founded our religions and composed our masterpieces.
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Like many intellectuals, he was incapable of saying a simple thing in a simple way.
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The courage of one’s opinions is always a form of calculating cowardice in the eyes of the other side.
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When from a long distant past nothing subsists after the things are broken and scattered, the smell and taste of things remain.
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Truth is a point of view about things.
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Reality is never more than a first step towards an unknown on the road to which one can never progress very far.
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When I am not too sad to listen, music is my consolation.
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Let us be grateful to people who make us happy, they are the charming gardeners who make our souls blossom.
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It is often hard to bear the tears that we ourselves have caused.
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The real voyage of discovery consists not in seeking new landscapes, but in having new eyes.
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Do not wait for life. Do not long for it. Be aware, always and at every moment, that the miracle is in the here and now.
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