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The places we have known do not belong solely to the world of space in which we situate them for our greater convenience. They were only a thin slice among contiguous impressions which formed our life at that time; the memory of a certain image is but regret for a certain moment; and houses, roads, avenues are as fleeting, alas, as the years.

Marcel Proust
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Marcel Proust's Popular Quotes

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

Remembrance of things past is not necessarily the remembrance of things as they were.

- Marcel Proust

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

- Marcel Proust

Instead of seeking new landscapes, develop new eyes.

- Marcel Proust

Always try to keep a patch of sky above your life.

- Marcel Proust

One must never miss an opportunity of quoting things by others which are always more interesting than those one thinks up oneself.

- 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.

- 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.

- Marcel Proust
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