Reading is that fruitful miracle of a communication in the midst of solitude.
MARCEL PROUSTReading is that fruitful miracle of a communication in the midst of solitude.
MARCEL PROUSTWhen I am not too sad to listen, music is my consolation.
MARCEL PROUSTDo 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 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 PROUSTWe love only what we do not wholly possess.
MARCEL PROUSTTime, which changes people, does not alter the image we have retained of them.
MARCEL PROUSTNo man is a complete mystery except to himself.
MARCEL PROUSTEven though our lives wander, our memories remain in one place.
MARCEL PROUSTDear Friend: I have nearly died three times since morning.
MARCEL PROUSTTruth is a point of view about things.
MARCEL PROUSTThe 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.
MARCEL PROUSTJust as those who practice the same profession recognize each other instinctively, so do those who practice the same vice.
MARCEL PROUSTThere are optical illusions in time as well as space.
MARCEL PROUSTReality is never more than a first step towards an unknown on the road to which one can never progress very far.
MARCEL PROUSTIt comes so soon, the moment when there is nothing left to wait for.
MARCEL PROUSTIn love, happiness is an abnormal state.
MARCEL PROUST