Love... Is a striking example of how little reality means to us.

l'amour, même en ses plus humbles commencements, est un exemple frappant du peu qu'est la réalité pour nous.

Marcel Proust

In Search of Lost Time

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Topic

Delusion Love

Author

Marcel Proust

Source

The Fugitive In Search of Lost Time

Medium

Novel

Genre

Modernist literature

Language

French

Time

1922 1920s 20th century

Occupation

Novelist Writer

From

France Europe

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Original Citation

Proust, Marcel. Albertine disparue [Albertine Gone]. Paris: Gallimard, 1927.

Current Citation

Proust, Marcel. The Fugitive, edited and translated by Peter Collier. Penguin Classics, 2021.

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The average man doesn't want to be free. He simply wants to be safe.

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Notes on Democracy
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Another quote about Love

By night on my bed I sought him whom my soul loveth.

Song of Solomon 3:1

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Source
Song of Solomon The Bible
Medium
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Genre
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Language
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Time
965 BC 960s BC 10th century BC
Era
Classical antiquity
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Citation

The Holy Bible: The King James Version. 1611. (Song of Solomon 3:1).

Another quote originally in French

Experience shows us that love does not consist in gazing at each other but in looking together in the same direction.

Antoine de Saint-Exupery

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Topic
Nature of love Love Relationships

Author

Antoine de Saint-Exupery
Source
Wind, Sand and Stars
Genre
Autobiography and memoir
Language
French
Time
1939 1930s 20th century
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Citation

De Saint-Exupery, Antoine. Terre des hommes [Wind, Sand and Stars]. Gallimard, 1939.