Habit is a second nature which prevents us from knowing the first, of which it has neither the cruelties nor the enchantments. – Marcel Proust
Time, which changes people, does not alter the image we have retained of them. – Marcel Proust
Only through art can we emerge from ourselves and know what another person sees. – Marcel Proust
Like many intellectuals, he was incapable of saying a simple thing in a simple way. – Marcel Proust
When I was a little kid, all I wanted to do was to escape what I thought was the country and get to a city. Probably film and television had influenced me so much, I really thought the key to happiness was living a very artificial life in a penthouse in New York with martini glasses. – Tom Ford