Swann's Way Quotes

“To determine not to think of it was but to think of it still, to suffer from it still.”

― Marcel Proust, Swann's Way

topic:suffering thinking

“In short, my aunt stipulated, at one and the same time, that whoever came to see her must approve of her way of life, commiserate with her in her sufferings, and assure her of an ultimate recovery.”

― Marcel Proust, Swann's Way

topic:suffering

“in my cowardice I became at once a man, and did what all we grown men do when face to face with suffering and injustice; I preferred not to see them”

― Marcel Proust, Swann's Way

topic:suffering cowardice

“our social personality is created by the thoughts of other people.”

― Marcel Proust, Swann's Way

topic:others personality

“Her eyes were fine, but so large that they seemed to be bending beneath their own weight, strained the rest of her face and always made her appear unwell or in an ill humour.”

― Marcel Proust, Swann's Way

topic:eyes

“The fault I find with our journalism is that it forces us to take an interest in some fresh triviality or other every day, whereas only three or four books in a lifetime give us anything that is of real importance.”

― Marcel Proust, Swann's Way

topic:importance

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