"Let us be grateful to people who make us happy, they are the charming gardeners who make our souls blossom."
"That translucent alabaster of our memories."
Source: Marcel Proust (2010). “In Search Of Lost Time, Vol 5: The Captive & The Fugitive”, p.322, Random House
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Marcel Proust
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Marcel Proust was a French novelist known for his profound exploration of memory and time in his major work, 'In Search of Lost Time.'
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