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.
My destination is no longer a place, rather a new way of seeing. - Marcel Proust
My destination is no longer a place, rather a new way of seeing.
- Marcel Proust
with one image he would make that beauty explode into me. - Marcel Proust
with one image he would make that beauty explode into me.
Remembrance of things past is not necessarily the remembrance of things as they were. - Marcel Proust
Remembrance of things past is not necessarily the remembrance of things as they were.
Let us be grateful to people who make us happy, they are the charming gardeners who make our souls blossom. - Marcel Proust
Let us be grateful to people who make us happy, they are the charming gardeners who make our souls blossom.
Instead of seeking new landscapes, develop new eyes. - Marcel Proust
Instead of seeking new landscapes, develop new eyes.
Always try to keep a patch of sky above your life. - Marcel Proust
Always try to keep a patch of sky above your life.
One must never miss an opportunity of quoting things by others which are always more interesting than those one thinks up oneself. - Marcel Proust
One must never miss an opportunity of quoting things by others which are always more interesting than those one thinks up oneself.
Do not wait for life. Do not long for it. Be aware, always and at every moment, that the miracle is in the here and now. - Marcel Proust
Do not wait for life. Do not long for it. Be aware, always and at every moment, that the miracle is in the here and now.
When you work to please others you can't succeed, but the things you do to satisfy yourself stand a chance of catching someone's interest. - Marcel Proust
When you work to please others you can't succeed, but the things you do to satisfy yourself stand a chance of catching someone's interest.
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