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Me Quotes by Marcel Proust
- I drank a second mouthful in which I find nothing more than in the first, then a third which gives me rather less than the…
- I understood that all the material of a literary work was in my past life, I understood that I had acquired it in the midst…
- I had come in time to learn that it was a mistake to smile a friendly smile when somebody made a fool of me.
- No sooner had the warm liquid mixed with the crumbs touched my palate than a shudder ran through me and I stopped, intent upon the…
- Until I saw Chardin's painting, I never realized how much beauty lay around me in my parents' house, in the half-cleared table, in the corner…
- My dear Madame, I just noticed that I forgot my cane at your house yesterday; please be good enough to give it to the bearer…
- Let a prize lower my position, if it causes me to be read; that I prefer immediately to all the honors.
- I do my intellectual work inside myself, and once I am with my fellow creatures it is more or less a matter of indifference to…
- with one image he would make that beauty explode into me.
- I cannot express the uneasiness caused in me by this intrusion of mystery and beauty into a room I had at last filled with myself…
- Now the same mystery which often veils from our eyes the reason for a catastrophe envelops just as frequently, when love is in question, the…
- May you always see a blue sky overhead, my young friend; and then, even when the time comes, as it has come for me now,…
- And wasn't my mind also like another crib in the depths of which I felt I remained ensconced, even in order to watch what was…
- In the sort of screen dappled with different states of mind which my consciousness would simultaneously unfold while I read, and which ranged from the…
- Do you suppose that it is within your power to insult me? You evidently are not aware to whom you are speaking? Do you imagine…
- These dreams reminded me that, since I wished some day to become a writer, it was high time to decide what sort of books I…
- For often I have wished to see a person again without realising that it was simply because that personal recalled to me a hedge of…
More Me Quotes
- To be free in an age like ours, one must be in a position of authority. That in itself would be enough… — Hannah Arendt
- I love you, and because I love you, I would sooner have you hate me for telling you the truth than adore… — Pietro Aretino
- Flattery and deceit are the darlings of great men, and so with these men spread the butter on thick, if you want… — Pietro Aretino
- Having been a child actor, I remember how directors would trick me to get good performances out of me. I don't think… — Asia Argento
- Boxing gave me the opportunities to grow into the person that I am today. — Alexis Arguello
- I try to push ideas away, and the ones that will not leave me alone are the ones that ultimately end up… — J. J. Abrams
- I'm literally open to any medium that will have me. — J. J. Abrams
- From heresy, frenzy and jealousy, good Lord deliver me. — Ludovico Ariosto
- Quickly, bring me a beaker of wine, so that I may wet my mind and say something clever. — Aristophanes
- My best friend is the man who in wishing me well wishes it for my sake. — Aristotle
- Plato is dear to me, but dearer still is truth. — Aristotle
- A real man loves his wife, and places his family as the most important thing in life. Nothing has brought me more… — Frank Abagnale