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Quote by Marcel Proust

“Your soul is a dark forest. But the trees are of a particular species, they are genealogical trees.”

Quote by Marcel Proust

Book:Pleasures and days: and other writings

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Pleasures and days: and other writings

This book is a compilation of diverse writings that delve into the nuances of pleasure, daily life, and other reflective topics, offering readers a glimpse into the author's insights and perspectives. more

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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

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“The paradoxes of today are the prejudices of tomorrow, since the most benighted and the most deplorable prejudices have had their moment of novelty when fashion lent them its fragile grace.”

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Book:Pleasures and days: and other writings

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“We are able to find everything in our memory, which is like a dispensary or chemical laboratory in which chance steers our hand sometimes to a soothing drug and sometimes to a dangerous poison.”

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“Like everybody who is not in love, he thought one chose the person to be loved after endless deliberations and on the basis of particular qualities or advantages.”

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“The world was not created once and for all time for each of us individually. There are added to it in the course of our life things of which we have never had any suspicion.”

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Book:Remembrance of Things Past

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“In theory one is aware that the earth revolves, but in practice one does not perceive it, the ground upon which one treads seems not to move, and one can live undisturbed. So it is with Time in one's life.”

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Book:In Search of Lost Time: Or

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“I think the most wonderful thing in the world is another chef. I'm always excited about learning new things about food.”

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“Creole is New Orleans city food. Communities were created by the people who wanted to stay and not go back to Spain or France.”

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“Cajun is country food by farmers and fisherman that arrived in Louisiana from Acadiana, Canada.”

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