We are able to find everything in our memory, which is like a dispensa…

Marcel Proust
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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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Love is a striking example of how little reality means to us. ✨ Marcel Proust (2013). Delphi Complete Works of Marcel Proust (Illustrated), p.4369, Delphi Classics
People wish to learn to swim and at the same time to keep one foot on the ground. ✨ Marcel Proust (2016). In Search of Lost Time: Or “Á la Recherche du temps perdu”, p.2432, Jester House Publishing
Lies are essential to humanity. They are perhaps as important as the pursuit of pleasure and moreover are dictated by that pursuit. ✨ Marcel Proust (1948). The Maxims of Marcel Proust

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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