What we feel is the only thing that exists for us, and we project it into the past, into the future, without letting ourselves be stopped by the fictitious barriers of death.
Marcel Proust
Feelings, Existence, Past Projection, Future Emotions, Fictitious Barriers, Beyond Death
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“The charms of a passing woman are usually in direct relation to the speed of her passing.” Marcel Proust
Charm, Passing Woman, Speed Relation, Fleeting Beauty, Temporal Allure, Brief Fascination
Marcel Proust Charm, Passing Woman, Speed Relation, Fleeting Beauty, Temporal Allure, Brief Fascination“We become moral when we are unhappy.” Marcel Proust
Moral, Unhappy, Become, We, Emotional Ethics, Reflective Growth
Marcel Proust Moral, Unhappy, Become, We, Emotional Ethics, Reflective Growth“A well-read man will yawn with boredom when one speaks to him of a new “good book,” as he imagines a sort of composite of all the good books he has read, whereas a good book is something special, unforeseeable, made up not of the sum of all previous masterpieces but of something which the most thorough assimilation of every one of them would not enable him to discover, since it exists not in their sum but beyond it.” Marcel Proust
Books, Reading, Masterpieces, Boredom, Literary Value, Unique Insights
Marcel Proust Books, Reading, Masterpieces, Boredom, Literary Value, Unique Insights“To the pure all things are pure!” Marcel Proust
Purity, Perspective, Pure Intentions, Simplistic View, Unbiased Heart, Moral Clarity
Marcel Proust Purity, Perspective, Pure Intentions, Simplistic View, Unbiased Heart, Moral Clarity“I would fall asleep again, and thereafter would reawaken for short snatches only, just long enough to hear the regular creaking of the wainscot, or to open my eyes to stare at the shifting kaleidoscope of the darkness, to savour, in a momentary glimmer of consciousness, the sleep which lay heavy upon the furniture, the room, that whole of which I formed no more than a small part and whose insensibility I should very soon return to share.” Marcel Proust
Short Awakens, Emotional Sensory, Sleep Awareness, Darkness, Memory Impressions, Transient Moments
Marcel Proust Short Awakens, Emotional Sensory, Sleep Awareness, Darkness, Memory Impressions, Transient Moments“Lies are essential to humanity. They are perhaps as important as the pursuit of pleasure and moreover are dictated by that pursuit.” Marcel Proust
Lies, Humanity, Pursuit Pleasure, Essential Lies, Truth Contrast, Human Nature
Marcel Proust Lies, Humanity, Pursuit Pleasure, Essential Lies, Truth Contrast, Human Nature“Gardeners produce flowers that are delicious dreams, and others too that are like nightmares.” Marcel Proust
Gardening, Flowers, Dreams, Nightmares, Creative Work, Nature’s Art
Marcel Proust Gardening, Flowers, Dreams, Nightmares, Creative Work, Nature’s Art“A work should convey its entire meaning by itself, imposing it on the spectator even before he knows what the subject is.” Marcel Proust
Work, Meaning, Spectator Impact, Self-Expression, Artistry Clarity, Visual Imposition
Marcel Proust Work, Meaning, Spectator Impact, Self-Expression, Artistry Clarity, Visual Imposition“We must never be afraid to go too far, for truth lies beyond.” Marcel Proust
Truth, Fearless, Go Farther, Inner Discovery, Personal Journey, Hidden Reality
Marcel Proust Truth, Fearless, Go Farther, Inner Discovery, Personal Journey, Hidden Reality“Just as not by other men of intelligence that an intelligent man is afraid of being thought a fool, so it is not by the great gentleman but by boors and ‘bounders’ that a man of fashion is afraid of finding his social value underrated. Three-fourths of the mental ingenuity displayed, of the social falsehoods scattered broadcast ever since the world began by people whose importance they have served only to diminish, have been aimed at inferiors.” Marcel Proust
Intelligence, Fashion, Social, Fear, Mental Ingenuity, False Appearances
Marcel Proust Intelligence, Fashion, Social, Fear, Mental Ingenuity, False Appearances“One can seldom admire what one loves.” Marcel Proust
Love, Admiration, Rare Feelings, Reflection, Emotion, Contradiction
Marcel Proust Love, Admiration, Rare Feelings, Reflection, Emotion, Contradiction“For, just as in the beginning it is formed by desire, so afterwards love is kept in existence only by painful anxiety.” Marcel Proust
Love, Desire, Painful Anxiety, Existence Continuity, Emotional Struggle, Foundational Passion
Marcel Proust Love, Desire, Painful Anxiety, Existence Continuity, Emotional Struggle, Foundational Passion“Less disappointing than life, great works of art do not begin by giving us all their best.” Marcel Proust
Great Art, Life Disappointment, Emotional Fulfillment, Artistic Process, Insightful Creation, Shifting Perception
Marcel Proust Great Art, Life Disappointment, Emotional Fulfillment, Artistic Process, Insightful Creation, Shifting Perception“Nature hardly seems capable of giving us any but quite short illnesses. But medicine has annexed to itself the art of prolonging them.” Marcel Proust
Nature, Illness, Short Duration, Prolonged Medicine, Health Paradox, Human Intervention
Marcel Proust Nature, Illness, Short Duration, Prolonged Medicine, Health Paradox, Human Intervention“Always try to keep a patch of sky above your life.” Marcel Proust
Sky, Life, Patch Above, Open Perspective, Hopeful Vision, Uplifting Advice
Marcel Proust Sky, Life, Patch Above, Open Perspective, Hopeful Vision, Uplifting Advice“There is no idea that does not carry in itself a possible refutation, no word that does not imply its opposite.” Marcel Proust
Idea, Refutation, Word Opposite, Dual Meaning, Logical Paradox, Contradictory Nature
Marcel Proust Idea, Refutation, Word Opposite, Dual Meaning, Logical Paradox, Contradictory Nature“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“The sea refreshes our imagination because it does not make us think of human life; yet it rejoices the soul, because, like the soul, it is an infinite and impotent striving, a strength that is ceaselessly broken by falls, an eternal and exquisite lament.” Marcel Proust
Sea, Imagination, Soul, Striving, Nature’s Power, Endless Wonder
Marcel Proust Sea, Imagination, Soul, Striving, Nature’s Power, Endless Wonder