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And once the novelist has brought us to this state, in which, as in all purely mental states, every emotion is multiplied ten-fold, into which his boo...more

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We do not succeed in changing things according to our desire but gradually our desire changes.

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All our final resolutions are made in a state of mind which is not going to last.

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To achieve accurate knowledge of others, if such a thing were possible, we could only ever arrive at it through the slow and unsure recognition of our...more

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But it was enough if, in my own bed, my sleep was deep and allowed my mind to relax entirely; then it would let go of the map of the place where I had...more

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But even with respect to the most insignificant things in life, none of us constitutes a material whole, identical for everyone, which a person has on...more

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I was so much in the habit of having Albertine with me, and now I suddenly saw a new aspect of Habit. Hitherto I had regarded it chiefly as an annihil...more

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Why, when we regain consciousness, is it not an identity other than the one we had previously that is embodied in us? It is not clear what dictates th...more