In a separation it is the one who is not really in love who says the more tender things.
Marcel ProustHabit is a second nature which prevents us from knowing the first, of which it has neither the cruelties nor the enchantments.
Marcel ProustWhat a profound significance small things assume when the woman we love conceals them from us.
Marcel ProustThe opinions which we hold of one another, our relations with friends and kinsfolk are in no sense permanent, save in appearance, but are as eternally fluid as the sea itself.
Marcel Proust