Marcel Proust quote: ... there was no need for him to hasten towards the attainment of a happiness already captured and held in ...

... there was no need for him to hasten towards the attainment of a happiness already captured and held in a safe place, which would not escape his grasp again.

~ Marcel Proust ~

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