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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Neurosis has an absolute genius for malingering. There is no illness which it cannot counterfeit perfectly. If it is capable of deceiving the doctor, how should it fail to deceive the patient? – Marcel Proust

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Mental Illness
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It is in moments of illness that we are compelled to recognize that we live not alone but chained to a creature of a different kingdom, whole worlds apart, who has no knowledge of us and by whom it is impossible to make ourselves understood: our body. – Marcel Proust

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Cancer Support
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So much of what we call management consists in making it difficult for people to work. – Peter Drucker

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work

The test of the artist does not lie in the will with which he goes to work, but in the excellence of the work he produces. – Thomas Aquinas

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work

It is now for the Catholic Church to bend herself to her work with calmness and generosity. It is for you to observe her with renewed and friendly attention. – Pope John XXIII

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work

What are people going to do? Fire me? Ive been fired before. Not book me? Ive been out of work before. I dont care. – Joan Rivers

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work

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Under this president, we have a government that has grown too big, too costly and now even more overbearing by forcing religious entities to abandon their beliefs. – Marco Rubio

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The learning process continues until the day you die. – Kirk Douglas

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For me, Dracula has always been associated with travel and beautiful historical places. – Elizabeth Kostova

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Our work is the presentation of our capabilities. – Edward Gibbon

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