It is the tragedy of other people that they are to us merely showcases for the very perishable collections of our own mind.
Marcel ProustThe sensitiveness claimed by neurotic is matched by their egotism: they cannot abide the flaunting by others of the sufferings to which they pay an even increasing amount of attention in themselves.
Marcel ProustHappiness is beneficial for the body, but it is grief that develops the powers of the mind.
Marcel Proust