Dear Friend: I have nearly died three times since morning.
Marcel Proust
Friend, Died, Three, Morning, Humorous Exaggeration, Dramatic Day
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Physical Bondage | Rare Feelings | Fleeting Allure | Gradual Thoughts | Intellectual Strain | Octopus | Still | Toxic Behavior | Fears | Instinctive Choices | Silent Consolation | Self-Doubt | Happiness Abnormality | Intellectual Complexity | Creative Impact | Quoting Others | Changing Perceptions | Living Things | Limpid Reflection | Fulfillment Struggles | More
More Marcel Proust Quotes
“Why, when we regain consciousness, is it not an identity other than the one we had previously that is embodied in us? It is not clear what dictates the choice nor why, among the millions of human beings we might be, it is the being we were the day before that we unerringly grasp.” Marcel Proust
Consciousness, Identity, Human Choice, Previous Self, Mental Continuity, Unseen Dictation
Marcel Proust Consciousness, Identity, Human Choice, Previous Self, Mental Continuity, Unseen Dictation“For a man cannot change, that is to say become another person, while he continues to obey the dictates of the self which he has ceased to be.” Marcel Proust
Change, Man, Self, Dictates, Personal Growth, Identity Struggles
Marcel Proust Change, Man, Self, Dictates, Personal Growth, Identity Struggles“There can be no peace of mind in love, since the advantage one has secured is never anything but a fresh starting-point for future desires.” Marcel Proust
Love, Mind, Peace Lacking, Future Desires, Emotional Restlessness, Passion Drive
Marcel Proust Love, Mind, Peace Lacking, Future Desires, Emotional Restlessness, Passion Drive“So that every fresh encounter is a sort of rectification, which brings us back to what we really did see. We have no longer any recollection of this, to such an extent does what we call remembering a person consist really in forgetting him.” Marcel Proust
Memory, Fresh Encounters, Recollection, Forgetting Person, Rectifying Perception, Personal Connection
Marcel Proust Memory, Fresh Encounters, Recollection, Forgetting Person, Rectifying Perception, Personal Connection“The features of our face are hardly more than gestures which force of habit made permanent. Nature, like the destruction of Pompeii, like the metamorphosis of a nymph into a tree, has arrested us in an accustomed movement.” Marcel Proust
Face, Features, Permanent Gestures, Habitual Nature, Frozen Movements, Symbolic Transformation
Marcel Proust Face, Features, Permanent Gestures, Habitual Nature, Frozen Movements, Symbolic Transformation“Homosexuals would be the best husbands in the world if they did not put on an act of loving other women.” Marcel Proust
Marriage, Homosexuality, Ideal Husbands, Social Roles, Love Dynamics, Relationship Masks
Marcel Proust Marriage, Homosexuality, Ideal Husbands, Social Roles, Love Dynamics, Relationship Masks“A ‘real’ person, profoundly as we may sympathize with him, is in a great measure perceptible only through our senses, that is to say, he remains opaque, offers a dead weight which our sensibilities have not the strength to lift.” Marcel Proust
Real Person, Sympathize, Perceptible Opaque, Emotional Depth, Sensory Weight, Relationship Barrier
Marcel Proust Real Person, Sympathize, Perceptible Opaque, Emotional Depth, Sensory Weight, Relationship Barrier“People wish to learn to swim and at the same time to keep one foot on the ground.” Marcel Proust
Swimming, Foot Ground, Emotional Balance, Learning Journey, Limit Exploration, Stability Struggle
Marcel Proust Swimming, Foot Ground, Emotional Balance, Learning Journey, Limit Exploration, Stability Struggle“A man of letters, merely by reading a phrase, can estimate exactly the literary merit of its author.” Marcel Proust
Letters, Phrase, Literary Merit, Author Estimate, Reading Insight, Scholarly Judgment
Marcel Proust Letters, Phrase, Literary Merit, Author Estimate, Reading Insight, Scholarly Judgment“It is often hard to bear the tears that we ourselves have caused.” Marcel Proust
Tears, Hardship, Emotional Pain, Self-Caused Grief, Heartache Burden, Personal Struggles
Marcel Proust Tears, Hardship, Emotional Pain, Self-Caused Grief, Heartache Burden, Personal Struggles“She’s got feet like boats, whiskers like an American, and her undies are filthy.” Marcel Proust
Feet, Boats, Whiskers American, Undies Filthy, Odd Imagery, Unflattering Description
Marcel Proust Feet, Boats, Whiskers American, Undies Filthy, Odd Imagery, Unflattering Description“There are mountainous, arduous days, up which one takes an infinite time to climb, and downward-sloping days which one can descend at full tilt, singing as one goes.” Marcel Proust
Days, Mountainous, Arduous Climb, Downward Journey, Emotional Cycles, Daily Struggles
Marcel Proust Days, Mountainous, Arduous Climb, Downward Journey, Emotional Cycles, Daily Struggles“Will it ultimately reach the clear surface of my consciousness, this memory, this old, dead moment which the magnetism of an identical moment has travelled so far to importune, to disturb, to raise up out of the very depths of my being? I cannot tell. Now that I feel nothing, it has stopped, has perhaps gone down again into its darkness, from which who can say whether it will ever rise?” Marcel Proust
Memory, Consciousness, Depth, Moment, Emotional Magnetism, Lost Feelings
Marcel Proust Memory, Consciousness, Depth, Moment, Emotional Magnetism, Lost Feelings“We were resigned to suffering, thinking that we loved outside ourselves, and we perceive that our love is a function of our sorrow, that our love perhaps is our sorrow...” Marcel Proust
Suffering, Love, Emotional Sorrow, Love Function, Resigned Perception, Inner Pain
Marcel Proust Suffering, Love, Emotional Sorrow, Love Function, Resigned Perception, Inner Pain“There is no man, however wise, who has not at some period of his youth said things, or lived in a way the consciousness of which is so unpleasant to him in later life that he would gladly, if he could, expunge it from his memory.” Marcel Proust
Youth, Wisdom, Past Regrets, Unpleasant Memories, Life’s Choices, Self-Reflection
Marcel Proust Youth, Wisdom, Past Regrets, Unpleasant Memories, Life’s Choices, Self-Reflection“When I am not too sad to listen, music is my consolation.” Marcel Proust
Music, Sadness, Emotional Comfort, Inner Solace, Personal Escape, Listening Peace
Marcel Proust Music, Sadness, Emotional Comfort, Inner Solace, Personal Escape, Listening Peace“For everyone who, having no artistic sense-that is to say, no submission to subjective reality-may have the knack of reasoning about art till doomsday, especially if he be, in addition, a diplomat or financier in contact with the ‘realities’ of the present day, is only too ready to believe literature is an intellectual game which is destined to gradually be abandoned as time goes on.” Marcel Proust
Art, Subjective Reality, Literature, Diplomats, Philosophy, Intellectual Game
Marcel Proust Art, Subjective Reality, Literature, Diplomats, Philosophy, Intellectual Game“It was impossible for me to thank my father; what he called my sentimentality would have exasperated him.” Marcel Proust
Father, Sentimentality, Emotional Strain, Parental Bond, Unspoken Gratitude, Familial Distance
Marcel Proust Father, Sentimentality, Emotional Strain, Parental Bond, Unspoken Gratitude, Familial Distance