“The truth is that every morning war is declared afresh. And the men who wish to continue it are as guilty as the men who began it, more guilty perhaps, for the latter perhaps did not foresee all its horrors.”

—Marcel Proust.

“If a little dreaming is dangerous, the cure for it is not to dream less but to dream more, to dream all the time.”

– Marcel Proust.

“The more we become ourselves, the more our family traits are accentuated.”

—Marcel Proust.

“A woman whom we need and who makes us suffer elicits from us a whole gamut of feelings far more profound and more vital than does a man of genius.”

—Marcel Proust.

“If I could be sure of doing with my books as much as my [doctor] father did for the sick!” 

—Marcel Proust, novelist (10 Jul 1871-1922). 

Marcel Proust in 1900 (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

“The human plagiarism which is most difficult to avoid, for individuals, is the plagiarism of ourselves.”

—Marcel Proust.

“The real voyage of discovery consists not in seeking new landscapes, but in having new eyes.”
—Marcel Proust.

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