People, even those that we love the most, may, it is true, become saturated by the sadness or irritation that emanates from us. There is one thing, however, capable of a power of exasperation to which no human being will ever attain
 Marcel Proust, Sodom and Gomorrah (1921). copy citation

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Author Marcel Proust
Source Sodom and Gomorrah
Topic sadness exasperation
Date 1921
Language English
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Note Translated by John Sturrock
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