In reality, in love there is a permanent suffering which joy neutralizes, renders virtual, delays, but which can at any moment become what it would have become long earlier if one had not obtained what one wanted, atrocious

Quote by Marcel Proust

Topics: Joy Quotes, Love Quotes

If only for the sake of elegance, I try to remain morally pure.

If only for the sake of elegance, I try to remain morally pure.

Love is space and time measured by the heart.

Love is space and time measured by the heart.

A powerful idea communicates some of its power to the man who contradicts it

A powerful idea communicates some of its power to the man who contradicts it

People wish to learn to swim and at the same time to keep one foot...

People wish to learn to swim and at the same time to keep one foot...

The only paradise is paradise lost.

The only paradise is paradise lost.

It is often hard to bear the tears that we ourselves have caused.

It is often hard to bear the tears that we ourselves have caused.

The time which we have at our disposal every day is elastic; the passions we...

The time which we have at our disposal every day is elastic; the passions we...

Our intonations contain our philosophy of life, what each of us is constantly telling himself...

Our intonations contain our philosophy of life, what each of us is constantly telling himself...

Our memory is like a shop in the window of which is exposed now one,...

Our memory is like a shop in the window of which is exposed now one,...

In reality, in love there is a permanent suffering which joy neutralizes, renders virtual, delays,...

In reality, in love there is a permanent suffering which joy neutralizes, renders virtual, delays,...

In a separation it is the one who is not really in love who says...

In a separation it is the one who is not really in love who says...

A powerful idea communicates some of its strength to him who challenges it.

A powerful idea communicates some of its strength to him who challenges it.

It is in moments of illness that we are compelled to recognize that we live...

It is in moments of illness that we are compelled to recognize that we live...

Let us be grateful to people who make us happy, they are the charming gardeners...

Let us be grateful to people who make us happy, they are the charming gardeners...

People who are not in love fail to understand how an intelligent man can suffer...

People who are not in love fail to understand how an intelligent man can suffer...

A woman one loves rarely suffices for all our needs, so we deceive her with...

A woman one loves rarely suffices for all our needs, so we deceive her with...

A powerful idea communicates some of its strength to him who challenges it.

A powerful idea communicates some of its strength to him who challenges it.

Let us be grateful to people who make us happy; they are the charming gardeners...

Let us be grateful to people who make us happy; they are the charming gardeners...

Being happy doesn't always make us grateful, but being grateful will always make us happy.

Being happy doesn't always make us grateful, but being grateful will always make us happy.

Being grateful even in tough times, honestly its a blessing to feel comfortable with whatever...

Being grateful even in tough times, honestly its a blessing to feel comfortable with whatever...

We can always find something to be thankful for, and there may be reasons why...

We can always find something to be thankful for, and there may be reasons why...

Tension is who you think you should be. Relaxation is who you are.

Tension is who you think you should be. Relaxation is who you are.

When asked if my cup is half-full or half-empty my only response is that I...

When asked if my cup is half-full or half-empty my only response is that I...