Every reader finds himself. The writer’s work is merely a kind of optical instrument that makes it possible for the reader to discern what, without this book, he would perhaps never have seen in himself.

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"Love is space and time measured with the heart."

- Marcel Proust

Love

"Love is space and time measured by the heart."

- Marcel Proust

Love

"naturally the kisses spring into life! So closely, in their profusion, do they crowd together that lovers would find it as hard to count the kisses exchanged in an hour as to count the flowers in a meadow in May."

- Marcel Proust

Love

"A change in the weather is sufficient to recreate the world and ourselves."

- Marcel Proust

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"The real voyage of discovery consists not in seeking new landscapes, but in having new eyes."

- Marcel Proust

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"Beauty is not about physical perfection, but about authenticity and confidence."

- Beauty and the Beast

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"Beauty is found in the unique qualities that make us who we are."

- Beauty and the Beast

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"I always wanted to be somebody, but now I realize I should have been more specific."

- Lily Tomlin

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"Make sure your worst enemy doesn’t live between your own two ears."

- Laird Hamilton

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"True humility is not thinking less of yourself; it is thinking of yourself less."

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