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“Every person whom we love, indeed to a certain extent every person is to us like Janus, presenting to us the face that we like if that person leaves us, the repellent face if we know him or her to be perpetually at our disposal.”
― In Search of Lost Time [volumes 1 to 7]
― In Search of Lost Time [volumes 1 to 7]
“In most women's lives, everything, even the greatest sorrow, comes down to a question of 'I haven't got a thing to wear'.”
― The Guermantes Way
― The Guermantes Way
“...her [Albertine's] intense and velvety gaze fastened itself, glued itself to the passer-by, so adhesive, so corrosive, that you felt that, in withdrawing, it must tear away the skin.”
― The Captive / The Fugitive
― The Captive / The Fugitive
“I spent many a charming evening talking and playing with Albertine, but none so sweet as when I was watching her sleep.”
― The Captive / The Fugitive
― The Captive / The Fugitive
“We are not provided with wisdom, we must discover it for ourselves, after a journey through the wilderness which no one else can take for us, an effort which no one can spare us, for our wisdom is the point of view from which we come at last to regard the world.”
― In the Shadow of Young Girls in Flower
― In the Shadow of Young Girls in Flower
John’s 2024 Year in Books
Take a look at John’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
454 books
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48 friends
65 books
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14 books
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0 books
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1,068 books
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54 friends
347 books
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27 friends
472 books
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33 friends
46 books
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11 friends
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