It is always thus, impelled by a state of mind which is destined not to last, we make our irrevocable decisions
Marcel ProustOnly imagination and belief can differentiate from the rest certain objects, certain people, and can create an atmosphere.
Marcel ProustDo 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 ProustThe sight of the little madeleine had recalled nothing to my mind before I tasted it...
Marcel ProustThere is probably not one person, however great his virtue, who cannot be led by the complexities of life's circumstances to a familiarity with the vices he condemns the most vehemently--without his completely recognizing this vice which, disguised as certain events, touches him and wounds him: strange words, an inexplicable attitude, on a given night, of the person whom he otherwise has so many reasons to love.
Marcel Proust