“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
“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
“...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
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