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suppose we go out to sea because we want, eventually, to come home. I know this now, but it was new to me then. The best way to experience home is to lose it for a while. Then, when it is gone, you can know what it is. You can yearn to ...more
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Marcel Proust
“The real voyage of discovery consists not in seeking new landscapes, but in having new eyes.”
Marcel Proust

Marcel Proust
“Desire makes everything blossom; possession makes everything wither and fade. ”
Marcel Proust

James Joyce
“Think you're escaping and run into yourself. Longest way round is the shortest way home.”
James Joyce, Ulysses

T.S. Eliot
“Humankind cannot bear very much reality.”
T. S. Eliot, Four Quartets

James Joyce
“Mr. Duffy lived a short distance from his body.”
James Joyce, Dubliners

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