People do not die for us immediately, but remain bathed in a sort of aura of life which bears no relation to true immortality but through which they continue to occupy our thoughts in the same way as when they were alive. It is as though they were traveling abroad. – Marcel Proust
The time at our disposal each day is elastic the passions we feel dilate it, those that inspire us shrink it, and habit fills it. – Marcel Proust
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
It is often hard to bear the tears that we ourselves have caused. – Marcel Proust
Mitt Romney has never been resigned to what someone else said was possible. He cut his own path. Thats why he believes in his heart that America has a future full of opportunity and hope. And thats why when Mitt Romney looks down the road, he sees a country thats ready for a comeback. – Mitch McConnell