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“The loves we share with a city are often secret loves.”
― Summer in Algiers
― Summer in Algiers

“Because of its increasing triviality, everyday life has gradually become our central preoccupation”
― The Revolution of Everyday Life
― The Revolution of Everyday Life

“Though the modern world may know a million secrets, the ancient world knew one - and that was greater than the million; for the million secrets breed death, disaster, sorrow, selfishness, lust, and avarice, but the one secret confers life, light, and truth.”
― The Secret Teachings of All Ages
― The Secret Teachings of All Ages

We're reading Marcel Proust's In Search of Lost Time in one year. It's one of the masterpieces of western literature, but it's a difficult read, in la ...more

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Rassemblons les lecteurs francophones Que vous soyez de France, de Belgique, de Suisse, du Québec, ou de tout autre pays francophone, ou bien si vous ...more
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