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Marcel Proust says we are healed of a suffering only by…

Posted on August 2, 2014 by Attempted Love

“We are healed of a suffering only by experiencing it to the full.” – Marcel Proust

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Marcel Proust says let us be grateful to the people who make us happy…

Posted on June 29, 2014 by Attempted Love

“Let us be grateful to the people who make us happy; they are the charming gardeners who make our souls blossom.” – Marcel Proust

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Marcel Proust says love is a striking example of how…

Posted on June 26, 2014 by Attempted Love

“Love is a striking example of how little reality means to us.” – Marcel Proust, In Search of Lost Time

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Marcel Proust says we do not tremble except for ourselves…

Posted on March 17, 2014 by Attempted Love

“We do not tremble except for ourselves, or for those whom we love.” – Marcel Proust, Swann’s Way

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Marcel Proust says it is a terrible deception of love…

Posted on March 4, 2014 by Attempted Love

‘It’s a terrible deception of love that it begins by engaging us in play not with a woman of the external world but with a doll fashioned in our brain—the only woman moreover that we have always at our disposal, the only one … Continue reading →

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Marcel Proust says let us be grateful to the people who make us happy…

Posted on November 26, 2013 by Attempted Love

“Let us be grateful to the people who make us happy; they are the charming gardeners who make our souls blossom.” – Marcel Proust

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Marcel Proust says a man dreams of possessing the heart of the woman he loves…

Posted on November 22, 2013 by Attempted Love

“In his younger days a man dreams of possessing the heart of the woman whom he loves; later, the feeling that he possesses the heart of a woman may be enough to make him fall in love with her.” – … Continue reading →

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