I spent many a charming evening talking and playing with Albertine, but none so sweet as when I was watching her sleep. - Marcel Proust

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I spent many a charming evening talking and playing with Albertine, but none so sweet as when I was watching her sleep.

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About Marcel Proust

Valentin Louis Georges Eugène Marcel Proust (10 July 1871 – 18 November 1922) was a French novelist, essayist and critic.

Biography information from Wikiquote · Portrait adapted from Wikimedia Commons, Otto Wegener (Public domain / CC0)

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Alternative Names: Valentin Louis Georges Eugène Marcel Proust Proust Valentin Louis Georges Eugéne Marcel Proust Valentin-Louis-Georges-Eugéne-Marcel Proust Valentin Louis Georges Eugene Marcel Proust Valentin-Louis-Georges-Eugene-Marcel Proust Bernard d'Algouvres Valentin-Louis-Georges-Eugène-Marcel Proust

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Now are the woods all black, but still the sky is blue.
May you always see a blue sky overhead, my young friend; and then, even when the time comes, which is coming now for me, when the woods are all black, when night is fast falling, you will be able to console yourself, as I am doing, by looking up to the sky.

فهمیدم احساس‌های مشابهی، هم‌زمان و به ترتیبی از پیش حساب‌شده، به همه‌ی آدم‌ها دست نمی‌دهد. بعدها، هر بار که کتاب خواندنی طولانی حال گپ‌زدن را در من انگیخته بود می‌دیدم که برعکس، دوستی که اشتیاق سخن‌گفتن با او را داشتم گفت‌وگویی را با لذت به پایان برده است و دیگر می‌خواهد آسوده جیزبخواند. اگر مهربانانه به پدر و مادرم فکر کرده و برای خوشامدشان تصمیم‌هایی بسیار عاقلانه و شایسته گرفته بودم، می‌دیدم که آن دو در همان زمان به خطای کوچکی از من که خودم فراموش‌اش کرده بودم پی برده‌اند و در همان لحظه‌ای که به سوی‌شان پر می‌کشیدم تا ببوسم‌شان، به سختی سرزنش‌ام می‌کردند

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