Love is space and time measured by the heart.
MARCEL PROUSTLove is space and time measured by the heart.
MARCEL PROUSTIn a separation it is the one who is not really in love who says the more tender things.
MARCEL PROUSTSometimes in this life, under the stress of an exceptional emotion, people do say what they think.
MARCEL PROUSTEven though our lives wander, our memories remain in one place.
MARCEL PROUSTDesire makes everything blossom; possession makes everything wither and fade.
MARCEL PROUSTWhen I am not too sad to listen, music is my consolation.
MARCEL PROUSTIf a little dreaming is dangerous, the cure for it is not to dream less but to dream more, to dream all the time.
MARCEL PROUSTThe fixity of a habit is generally in direct proportion to its absurdity.
MARCEL PROUSTPeople wish to learn to swim and at the same time to keep one foot on the ground.
MARCEL PROUSTThe courage of one’s opinions is always a form of calculating cowardice in the eyes of the other side.
MARCEL PROUSTWe must never be afraid to go too far, for truth lies beyond.
MARCEL PROUSTAll our final decisions are made in a state of mind that is not going to last.
MARCEL PROUSTIt is often hard to bear the tears that we ourselves have caused.
MARCEL PROUSTLove is a striking example of how little reality means to us.
MARCEL PROUSTOnly by art can we get outside ourselves, instead of seeing only one world, our own, we see it under multiple forms.
MARCEL PROUSTWe are at times too ready to believe that the present is the only possible state of things.
MARCEL PROUST