Even in the most insignificant details of our daily life, none of us c…

Marcel Proust
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Even in the most insignificant details of our daily life, none of us can be said to constitute a material whole, which is identical for everyone, and need only be turned up like a page in an account-book or the record of a will; our social personality is created by the thoughts of other people. ✨ Marcel Proust (2008). The Senses of Consciousness: Swann's Way in Half, p.15, Lulu.com
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