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Simona Balková

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Tales of Ordinary Madness

by Charles Bukowski

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“All our final decisions are made in a state of mind that is not going to last.”
― Marcel Proust, In the Shadow of Young Girls in Flower

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“Let us leave pretty women to men with no imagination.”
― Marcel Proust, The Captive / The Fugitive

tags: beauty, imagination, proust, women

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“Love is a striking example of how little reality means to us.”
― Marcel Proust, In Search of Lost Time

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“If a little dreaming is dangerous, the cure for it is not to dream less, but to dream more, to dream all the time.”
― Marcel Proust, Remembrance of Things Past Volumes 1-3 Box Set

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“It is our imagination that is responsible for love, not the other person.”
― Marcel Proust

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