Quote by Marcel Proust
The real voyage of discovery consists not in seeking new landscape

The real voyage of discovery consists not in seeking new landscapes, but in having new eyes. – Marcel Proust

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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

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