People do not die for us immediately, but remain bathed in a sort of aura of life which bears no relation to true immortality but through which they continue to occupy our thoughts in the same way as when they were alive. It is as though they were traveling abroad.


Remembrance of Things Past: The captive. The fugitive. Time regained (ed. Vintage, 1982) - ISBN: 9780394711843

Marcel Proust Quotes

People do not die for us immediately, but remain bathed in a sort of aura of life which bears no relation to true immortality but through which they...

People do not die for us immediately, but remain bathed in a sort of aura of life which bears no relation to true immortality but through which they...

People do not die for us immediately, but remain bathed in a sort of aura of life which bears no relation to true immortality but through which they...

People do not die for us immediately, but remain bathed in a sort of aura of life which bears no relation to true immortality but through which they...