We are all of us obliged, if we are to make reality endurable, to nurs…

Marcel Proust
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We are all of us obliged, if we are to make reality endurable, to nurse a few little follies in ourselves. ✨ Marcel Proust (2013). Delphi Complete Works of Marcel Proust (Illustrated), p.917, Delphi Classics
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