Your soul is a dark forest. But the trees are of a particular species, they are genealogical trees.
MARCEL PROUSTThe time at our disposal each day is elastic; the passions we feel dilate it, those that inspire us shrink it, and habit fills it.
More Marcel Proust Quotes
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No man is a complete mystery except to himself.
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There are optical illusions in time as well as space.
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It comes so soon, the moment when there is nothing left to wait for.
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The bonds that unite another person to our self exist only in our mind.
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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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Happiness serves hardly any other purpose than to make unhappiness possible.
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You can’t learn the truth about a man’s intentions by asking him.
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In a separation it is the one who is not really in love who says the more tender things.
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When I am not too sad to listen, music is my consolation.
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Even though our lives wander, our memories remain in one place.
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The fixity of a habit is generally in direct proportion to its absurdity.
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We must never be afraid to go too far, for truth lies beyond.
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Let us be grateful to people who make us happy.
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Always try to keep a patch of sky above your life.
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To write that essential book, a great writer does not need to invent it but merely to translate it, since it already exists in each one of us. The duty and task of a writer are those of translator.
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