The real stars of society are tired of appearing there. He who is curious to gaze at them must often migrate to another hemisphere, where they are more or less alone.
Marcel Proust
Stars, Society, Appearing Tired, Hemisphere Migration, Social Fame, Solitary Retreat
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“And continued to regard all their absurdities in the most rosy light through the admiring eyes of love.” Marcel Proust
Love, Absurdities, Light, Eyes, Romantic Admiration, Idealized Perception
Marcel Proust Love, Absurdities, Light, Eyes, Romantic Admiration, Idealized Perception“My dears, laugh at me if you like; it is not conventionally beautiful, but there is something in its quaint old face which pleases me. If it could play the piano, I am sure it would really play.” Marcel Proust
Quaint Face, Piano, Unconventional Beauty, Personal Pleasures, Sentimental Value, Unique Appeal
Marcel Proust Quaint Face, Piano, Unconventional Beauty, Personal Pleasures, Sentimental Value, Unique Appeal“As to the pretty girls who went past, from the day on which I had first known that their cheeks could be kissed, I had become curious about their souls. And the Universe had appeared to me more interesting.” Marcel Proust
Curious Souls, Universe, Soul Exploration, Childhood Wonder, Emotional Discovery, Lost Innocence
Marcel Proust Curious Souls, Universe, Soul Exploration, Childhood Wonder, Emotional Discovery, Lost Innocence“It is always during a passing state of mind that we make lasting resolutions.” Marcel Proust
Passing Mind, Lasting Resolutions, Emotional Decisions, Momentary Reflection, Instinctive Choices, Inner Conflicts
Marcel Proust Passing Mind, Lasting Resolutions, Emotional Decisions, Momentary Reflection, Instinctive Choices, Inner Conflicts“A child who has been breathing since birth without ever noticing it does not know how essential the unheeded air that gently swells his chest is to his life. Does he happen to be suffocating in a convulsion, a bout of fever? Desperately straining his entire being, he struggles almost for his life, for his lost tranquillity, which he will regain only with the air from which he did not realize his tranquillity was inseparable.” Marcel Proust
Child, Breathing, Air, Life, Essential Calm, Tranquillity Loss
Marcel Proust Child, Breathing, Air, Life, Essential Calm, Tranquillity Loss“But the absolute control over his facial muscles to which M. de Norpois had attained allowed him to listen without seeming to hear a word.” Marcel Proust
Control, Muscles, Listen, Word, Poised Silence, Subtle Observation
Marcel Proust Control, Muscles, Listen, Word, Poised Silence, Subtle Observation“One reads the papers as one wants to with a bandage over one’s eyes without trying to understand the facts, listening to the soothing words of the editor as to the words of one’s mistress.” Marcel Proust
Papers, Facts, Bandaged Eyes, Soothing Editor, Misguided Trust, Truth Avoidance
Marcel Proust Papers, Facts, Bandaged Eyes, Soothing Editor, Misguided Trust, Truth Avoidance“For every sin there is forgiveness, and especially for the sins of youth.” Marcel Proust
Sin, Forgiveness, Youth, Especially, Redemption Path, Youthful Errors
Marcel Proust Sin, Forgiveness, Youth, Especially, Redemption Path, Youthful Errors“It is not because other people are dead that our affection for them grows faint, it is because we ourselves are dying.” Marcel Proust
Affection, Dying, Other People, Faint Connection, Mortal Reflection, Emotional Distance
Marcel Proust Affection, Dying, Other People, Faint Connection, Mortal Reflection, Emotional Distance“But I consoled myself with the reflection that in spite of everything she was for me the real point of intersection between reality and dream.” Marcel Proust
Consolation, Reality, Dream Intersection, Emotional Anchor, Romantic Vision, Reflective Insight
Marcel Proust Consolation, Reality, Dream Intersection, Emotional Anchor, Romantic Vision, Reflective Insight“Often it is just lack of imagination that keeps a man from suffering very much.” Marcel Proust
Imagination, Suffering, Lack, Man, Mental Escape, Emotional Pain
Marcel Proust Imagination, Suffering, Lack, Man, Mental Escape, Emotional Pain“At that moment, noticing that his embroidered handkerchief was revealing part of its coloured edging, he thrust it back into his pocket with a startled glance, like a prudish but not innocent woman concealing bodily charms which in her excessive modesty she sees as wanton.” Marcel Proust
Handkerchief, Modesty, Bodily Charms, Startled Glance, Innocence Concealed, Symbolic Gestures
Marcel Proust Handkerchief, Modesty, Bodily Charms, Startled Glance, Innocence Concealed, Symbolic Gestures“There is in this world in which everything wears out, everything perishes, one thing that crumbles into dust, that destroys itself still more completely, leaving behind still fewer traces of itself than Beauty: namely Grief.” Marcel Proust
Beauty, Grief, Emotional Decay, Loss Reflection, Perishable Life, Poetic Reflection
Marcel Proust Beauty, Grief, Emotional Decay, Loss Reflection, Perishable Life, Poetic Reflection“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“She was capable of causing me pain, but no longer any joy. Pain alone kept my wearisome attachment alive.” Marcel Proust
Pain, Joy, Wearisome, Attachment, Lingering Love, One-Sided Affection
Marcel Proust Pain, Joy, Wearisome, Attachment, Lingering Love, One-Sided Affection“The fault I find with our journalism is that it forces us to take an interest in some fresh triviality or other every day, whereas only three or four books in a lifetime give us anything that is of real importance.” Marcel Proust
Journalism, Triviality, Real Importance, Literary Value, Media Critique, Information Overload
Marcel Proust Journalism, Triviality, Real Importance, Literary Value, Media Critique, Information Overload“To think that I have wasted years of my life, that I have longed for death, that the greatest love that I have ever known has been for a woman who did not please me, who was not in my style!” Marcel Proust
Wasted, Years, Death, Love, Emotional Regret, Misaligned Affection
Marcel Proust Wasted, Years, Death, Love, Emotional Regret, Misaligned Affection“People don't know when they are happy. They're never so unhappy as they think they are.” Marcel Proust
Happiness, Perception, Unhappiness, Misery, Self-awareness, Emotional Misconception
Marcel Proust Happiness, Perception, Unhappiness, Misery, Self-awareness, Emotional Misconception“Happiness is beneficial for the body, but it is grief that develops the powers of the mind.” Marcel Proust
Happiness, Grief, Body Benefits, Mind Power, Emotional Growth, Dual Impact
Marcel Proust Happiness, Grief, Body Benefits, Mind Power, Emotional Growth, Dual Impact“But what revealed to me all of a sudden the Princess’s love was a trifling incident upon which I shall not dwell here, for it forms part of quite another story, in which M. de Charlus allowed a Queen to die rather than miss an appointment with the hairdresser who was to singe his hair for the benefit of an omnibus conductor who filled him with alarm.” Marcel Proust
Love, Trifling Incident, Hidden Affections, Dramatic Irony, Social Eccentricities, Story Intrigue
Marcel Proust Love, Trifling Incident, Hidden Affections, Dramatic Irony, Social Eccentricities, Story Intrigue