We are healed of a suffering only by experiencing it to the full.

On ne guérit d'une souffrance qu'à condition de l'éprouver pleinement.

Marcel Proust

In Search of Lost Time

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Topic

Healing Suffering

Author

Marcel Proust

Source

The Fugitive In Search of Lost Time

Medium

Novel

Genre

Modernist literature

Statement Type

Paradox

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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You see things; and you say "Why?" But I dream things that never were; and I say "Why not?"

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Thinking outside the box Thinking big Creativity
Speaker
The Serpent

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George Bernard Shaw
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In the Beginning: B.C. 4004 (In the Garden of Eden) Back to Methuselah
Medium
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Language
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Time
1921 1920s 20th century
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Citation

Shaw, George Bernard. "In the Beginning: B.C. 4004." Back to Methuselah. Penguin, 1988, pt. 1, act 1. Originally published by Constable/Brentano's, 1921.

Another quote about Suffering

Everybody hurts sometimes
Everybody cries.

R.E.M.

Everybody Hurts

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Universality of suffering Suffering Sadness
Speaker
R.E.M.
Source
Everybody Hurts Automatic for the People
Medium
Song
Genre
Alternative rock Rock music
Language
English
Time
1992 1990s 20th century
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Citation

R.E.M. "Everybody Hurts." Automatic for the People. Warner Records, 1992.

Another quote originally in French

My diving bell becomes less oppressive, and my mind takes flight like a butterfly. There is so much to do. You can wander off in space or in time, set out for Tierra del Fuego or for King Midas's court. You can visit the woman you love, slide down beside her and stroke her still-sleeping face.

Jean-Dominique Bauby

The Diving Bell and the Butterfly

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Imagination Power of thought

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Jean-Dominique Bauby
Source
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
Medium
Novel
Language
French
Time
1997 1990s 20th century
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Citation

Bauby, Jean-Dominique. Le Scaphandre et le Papillon [The Diving Bell and the Butterfly]. Editions Robert Laffont, 1997, prologue.

Another quote of the following type Paradox

How apt the poor are to be proud!

William Shakespeare

Twelfth Night, Or What You Will

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The poor
Speaker
Olivia

Author

William Shakespeare
Source
Twelfth Night, Or What You Will
Medium
Play
Genre
Comedy (play) Romantic comedy (play)
Statement Type
Paradox
Language
English
Time
1602 1600s 17th century
Era
European Renaissance
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Original Citation

Shakespeare, William. Twelfth Night, Or What You Will. 1602, Middle Temple Hall, London, England, UK, act 3, sc. 1.

Current Citation

Shakespeare, William. "Twelfth Night." The Norton Shakespeare, edited by Stephen Greenblatt, et al., 3rd ed., W. W. Norton & Company, 2015, act 3, sc. 1.