We believe we can change things according to our wishes because that's the only happy solution we can see. We don't think of what usually happens and what is also a happy solution; things don't change, but by and by our wishes change.
Marcel ProustOne must never miss an opportunity of quoting things by others which are always more interesting than those one thinks up oneself.
Marcel ProustPeople don't know when they are happy. They're never so unhappy as they think they are.
Marcel ProustThe character we exhibit in the latter half of our life need not necessarily be, though it often is, our original character, developed further, dried up, exaggerated, or diminished. It can be its exact opposite, like a suit worn inside out.
Marcel Proust