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.
MARCEL PROUSTYour soul is a dark forest. But the trees are of a particular species, they are genealogical trees.
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In love, happiness is an abnormal state.
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All our final decisions are made in a state of mind that is not going to last.
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Sometimes in this life, under the stress of an exceptional emotion, people do say what they think.
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Your soul is a dark forest. But the trees are of a particular species, they are genealogical trees.
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Desire makes everything blossom; possession makes everything wither and fade.
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A change in the weather is sufficient to recreate the world and ourselves.
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The bonds that unite us to another human being are sanctified when he or she adopts the same point of view as ourselves in judging one of our imperfections.
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We must never be afraid to go too far, for truth lies beyond.
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Remembrance of things past is not necessarily the remembrance of things as they were.
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The only true voyage of discovery, would be not to visit strange lands but to possess other eyes.
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The fixity of a habit is generally in direct proportion to its absurdity.
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Time passes, and little by little everything that we have spoken in falsehood becomes true.
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Like many intellectuals, he was incapable of saying a simple thing in a simple way.
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You can’t learn the truth about a man’s intentions by asking him.
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Even though our lives wander, our memories remain in one place.
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