Love ever unsatisfied, lives always in the moment that is about to come.
MARCEL PROUSTLove is a striking example of how little reality means to us.
More Marcel Proust Quotes
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It comes so soon, the moment when there is nothing left to wait for.
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Like many intellectuals, he was incapable of saying a simple thing in a simple way.
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Thanks to art, instead of seeing one world, our own, we see it multiplied and as many original artists as there are, so many worlds are at our disposal.
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We live not alone but chained to a creature of a different kingdom: our body.
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The creation of the world did not occur at the beginning of time, it occurs every day.
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Love is a striking example of how little reality means to us.
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Dear Friend: I have nearly died three times since morning.
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You can’t learn the truth about a man’s intentions by asking him.
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Only by art can we get outside ourselves, instead of seeing only one world, our own, we see it under multiple forms.
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We are at times too ready to believe that the present is the only possible state of things.
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The artist who gives up an hour of work for an hour of conversation with a friend knows that he is sacrificing a reality for something that does not exist.
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An hour is not merely an hour, it is a vase full of scents and sounds and projects and climates.
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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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Always try to keep a patch of sky above your life.
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Desire makes everything blossom.
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