Nothing, that is say no one, can be such an inexorable tour-conductor as one's own conscience or sense of duty, if one allows either the upper hand: the self-bullying that goes on in the name of sight-seeing is grievous.

Experience isn't interesting until it begins to repeat itself. In fact, till it does that, it hardly is experience.

If you look at life one way, there is always cause for alarm.

one should discuss one's difficulties only when they are over.

the slight sense of degeneracy induced by reading novels before luncheon

When you love someone all your saved up wishes start coming out.

Proust has pointed out that the predisposition to love creates its own objects; is this not also true of fear?