Proust

Famous quotes containing the word proust:

    Knowing does not always allow us to prevent, but at least the things that we know, we hold them, if not in our hands, but at least in our thoughts where we may dispose of them at our whim, which gives us the illusion of power over them.
    —Marcel Proust (1871–1922)

    That translucent alabaster of our memories.
    —Marcel Proust (1871–1922)

    Neurosis has an absolute genius for malingering. There is no illness which it cannot counterfeit perfectly. If it is capable of deceiving the doctor, how should it fail to deceive the patient?
    —Marcel Proust (1871–1922)