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Quote by Marcel Proust
Every reader finds himself. The writers work is merely a kind of o

Every reader finds himself. The writers work is merely a kind of optical instrument that makes it possible for the reader to discern what, without this book, he would perhaps never have seen in himself. – Marcel Proust

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The human plagiarism which is most difficult to avoid, for individuals… is the plagiarism of ourselves. – Marcel Proust

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Words do not change their meanings so drastically in the course of centuries as, in our minds, names do in the course of a year or two. – Marcel Proust

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Every noble work is at first impossible. – Thomas Carlyle

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The strongest influences in my life and my work are always whomever I love. Whomever I love and am with most of the time, or whomever I remember most vividly. I think thats true of everyone, dont you? – Tennessee Williams

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In scientific work, those who refuse to go beyond fact rarely get as far as fact. – Thomas Huxley

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This has always been a motto of mine: Attempt the impossible in order to improve your work. – Bette Davis

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