“My only consolation when I am really sad is to love and to be loved.” — Marcel Proust Copy Share Image
“ I wrote my first novel, McFarlane Boils The Sea, under the influence of Kelman and Proust, which is like drinking a… — James Meek Copy Share Image
“the rule among the human race—a rule that naturally admits of exceptions—is that the reputedly hard are the weak whom nobody wanted,… — Marcel Proust Copy Share Image
“Thackeray's a good writer and Flaubert is a great artist. Trollope is a good writer and Dickens is a great artist. Colette… — Truman Capote Copy Share Image
“M. Proust was more severe than M. de Caillavet on Anatole France: "He was selfish and supercilious. He had read so much… — Céleste Albaret Copy Share Image
“This compulsion to an activity without respite, without variety, without result was so cruel that one day, noticing a swelling over his… — Marcel Proust Copy Share Image
“Recalling, some time later, what I had felt at the time, I distinguished the impression of having been held for a moment… — marcel proust Copy Share Image
“Kilmartin wrote a highly amusing and illuminating account of his experience as a Proust revisionist, which appeared in the first issue of… — Christopher Hitchens Copy Share Image
“Some details in life may look insignificant but appear to be vital leitmotifs in a person's life. They may have the value… — Erik Pevernagie Copy Share Image
“L'amour commence, on voudrait rester pour celle qu'on aime l'inconnu qu'elle peut aimer mais on a besoin d'elle, on a besoin de… — Marcel Proust Copy Share Image
“The belief that a person has a share in an unknown life to which his or her love may win us admission… — Marcel Proust Copy Share Image
“I do my intellectual work within myself, and once with other people, it's more or less irrelevant to me that they're intelligent,… — Marcel Proust Copy Share Image
