Even from the simplest, the most realistic point of view, the countrie…

Marcel Proust
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Even from the simplest, the most realistic point of view, the countries which we long for occupy, at any given moment, a far larger place in our actual life than the country in which we happen to be. ✨ Marcel Proust (2015). Swann's Way, p.423, Vintage
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Even from the simplest, the most realistic point of view, the countries which we long for occupy, at any given moment, a far larger place in our actual life than the country in which we happen to be. ✨ Marcel Proust (2015). Swann's Way, p.423, Vintage

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