Our memory is like a shop in the window of which is exposed now one, now another photograph of the same person. And as a rule the most recent exhibit remains for some time the only one to be seen.

Quote by Marcel Proust

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Every reader finds himself. The writer's work is merely a kind of optical instrument that...

Every reader finds himself. The writer's work is merely a kind of optical instrument that...

Your soul is a dark forest. But the trees are of a particular species, they...

Your soul is a dark forest. But the trees are of a particular species, they...

Every reader finds himself. The writer's work is merely a kind of optical instrument that...

Every reader finds himself. The writer's work is merely a kind of optical instrument that...

The only thing that does not change is that at any and every time it...

The only thing that does not change is that at any and every time it...

Dreaming only makes reality seem worse!

Dreaming only makes reality seem worse!

There is no man, however wise, who has not at some period of his youth...

There is no man, however wise, who has not at some period of his youth...

If a little dreaming is dangerous, the cure for it is not to dream less...

If a little dreaming is dangerous, the cure for it is not to dream less...

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...

We do not succeed in changing things according to our desire, but gradually our desire...

We do not succeed in changing things according to our desire, but gradually our desire...

The time at our disposal each day is elastic; the passions we feel dilate it,...

The time at our disposal each day is elastic; the passions we feel dilate it,...

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...

It is always during a passing state of mind that we make lasting resolutions

It is always during a passing state of mind that we make lasting resolutions

The real voyage of discovery consists not in seeking new landscapes, but in having new...

The real voyage of discovery consists not in seeking new landscapes, but in having new...

Let us leave the beautiful women to men with no imagination

Let us leave the beautiful women to men with no imagination

Our passions shape our books, repose writes them in the intervals.

Our passions shape our books, repose writes them in the intervals.

We must never be afraid to go too far, for truth lies beyond.

We must never be afraid to go too far, for truth lies beyond.

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...

The real voyage of discovery consists not in seeking new landscapes but in having new...

The real voyage of discovery consists not in seeking new landscapes but in having new...

You can discover more about a person in an hour of play than in a...

You can discover more about a person in an hour of play than in a...

What saves a man is to take a step. Then another step.

What saves a man is to take a step. Then another step.

In a real estate man's eye, the most expensive part of the city is where...

In a real estate man's eye, the most expensive part of the city is where...

A lie travels round the world, while Truth is putting on her boots

A lie travels round the world, while Truth is putting on her boots