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I wished to see storms only on those coasts where they raged with most violence.
Marcel Proust
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Marcel Proust
Age: 51 †
Born: 1871
Born: July 10
Died: 1922
Died: November 18
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Do not wait for life. Do not long for it. Be aware, always and at every moment, that the miracle is in the here and now.
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We believe we can change things according to our wishes because that's the only happy solution we can see. We don't think of what usually happens and what is also a happy solution things don't change, but by and by our wishes change.
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