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Quote by Marcel Proust

“A person does not...stand motionless and clear before our eyes with his merits, his defects, his plans, his intentions with regard to ourself exposed on his surface...but is a shadow which we can never succeed in penetrating...a shadow behind which we can alternately imagine, with equal justification, that there burns the flame of hatred and of love.”

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Marcel Proust

Marcel Proust was a French novelist renowned for his magnum opus, 'In Search of Lost Time'. This novel is considered a classic of 20th-century literature, known for its intricate psychological portrayals and profound exploration of memory. more

“The heart changes...but we learn of it only from reading or by imagination; for in reality its alteration, like that of certain natural phenomena, is so gradual that, even if we are able to distinguish, successively, each of its different states, we are still spared the actual sensation of change.”

Ifs Heart Stills Different States Reality Able Certain Reading Imagination Natural Sensations Alterations Natural Phenomena

Author:Marcel Proust

“The 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.”

Opinion Sea Relation Appearance Permanent Fluid Kinfolk

Book:Delphi Complete Works of Marcel Proust (Illustrated)

Source: Delphi Complete Works of Marcel Proust (Illustrated)

“We feel in one world, we think and name in another. Between the two we can set up a system of references, but we cannot fill in the gap.”

Thinking World Life Feels Two Names Gaps

Author:Marcel Proust

“No sooner had the warm liquid mixed with the crumbs touched my palate than a shudder ran through me and I stopped, intent upon the extraordinary thing that was happening to me.”

Happenings Extraordinary Warm Ran Touched Liquid Extraordinary Things Crumbs Palate Madeleines