C3 80 La Recherche Du Temps Perdu Quotes & Sayings

I remember how, as a boy, I used to collect the cork tips of my father's cigarettes and stick them in my stamp albums. I believed they contained his unspoken words, which one day would explain everything. I have not changed. Now I explore my memories, trying to discover the substructure hidden beneath my past actions, searching for the link to connect them all. — Jerzy Kosinski

There is no greater sorrow
Than to recall a happy time
When miserable. — Dante Alighieri

We regard it as a certainty that the earth, enclosed between poles, is bounded by a spherical surface. — Nicolaus Copernicus

Happiness is beneficial for the body, but it is grief that develops the powers of the mind. — Marcel Proust

I don't rise to the occasion unless I'm really moved. — Elizabeth Peyton

Private passions grow tired and wear themselves out; political passions, never. — Alphonse De Lamartine

Hotels are the only proper places for lecturers. When I am ill-natured I so enjoy the freedom of a hotel where I can ring up a domestic and give him a quarter and then break furniture over him. — Mark Twain

Obama ran on a platform of unmitigated optimism - a promise to usher in a brighter day for America. But there could hardly be a greater contrast between his pledge and his performance in office, between his commitment to the nation and his current abandonment of all hope. — David Limbaugh

Sometimes I look at you and I just can't believe you're mine — James Patterson

There is a seed of greatness in all of us but we need one another to bring forth these rivers of life out of our bellies. — Euginia Herlihy

If there's one thing I'm good at, it's gathering people together to do something fun. — Dave Grohl

Life is full of sacrifices. Let them be for something. — Maisie Mosco

Leaving this Parthian shaft to rankle in Anne's stormy bosom, Marilla descended to the kitchen, grievously troubled in mind and vexed in soul. — L.M. Montgomery

You can have more than one home. You can carry your roots with you, and decide where they grow. — Henning Mankell

When adults come together to form an intimate relationship, each person releases into it unresolved issues from their trans-generational pool of unconscious fantasies. Partners are often chosen to actualize certain potentialities for each other, and the unborn baby becomes party to their drama. — Joan Raphael-Leff

I have a great relationship with my mother-in-law. We're both Leos, we understand each other. — Tori Amos

Teaching someone to be funny is like teaching someone to be fast. They're already fast. You're just making them faster. — Ali Farahnakian