The bonds that unite another person to ourselves exist only in our mind. Memory as it grows fainter relaxes them, and notwithstanding the illusion by which we would fain be cheated and with which, out of love, friendship, politeness, deference,…

Quote by Marcel Proust

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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...

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...

Time passes, and little by little everything that we have spoken in falsehood becomes true.

Time passes, and little by little everything that we have spoken in falsehood becomes true.

There are perhaps no days of our childhood we lived so fully as those we...

There are perhaps no days of our childhood we lived so fully as those we...

I perceived that to express those impressions, to write that essential book, which is the...

I perceived that to express those impressions, to write that essential book, which is the...

Everything great that we know has come from neurotics. never will the world be aware...

Everything great that we know has come from neurotics. never will the world be aware...

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 voyage of discovery is not in seeking new landscapes but in having new eyes.

The voyage of discovery is not in seeking new landscapes but in having new eyes.

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...

Everything great in the world comes from neurotics. They alone have founded our religions and...

Everything great in the world comes from neurotics. They alone have founded our religions and...

Love is a reciprocal torture.

Love is a reciprocal torture.

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...

We are healed from suffering only by experiencing it to the full.

We are healed from suffering only by experiencing it to the full.

The opinions which we hold of one another, our relations with friends and kinfolk are...

The opinions which we hold of one another, our relations with friends and kinfolk are...

People can have many different kinds of pleasure. The real one is that for which...

People can have many different kinds of pleasure. The real one is that for which...

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...

Let us leave pretty women to men devoid of imagination.

Let us leave pretty women to men devoid of imagination.

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,...

My psychiatrist told me I'm going crazy. I told him .... If you don't mind...

My psychiatrist told me I'm going crazy. I told him .... If you don't mind...

Love necessitates eagerness To shake January's cold hand Not avert the eye And look what...

Love necessitates eagerness To shake January's cold hand Not avert the eye And look what...