The woman to whom one devotes oneself entirely is so rapidly replaced by another that it comes as a surprise to discover one is devoting oneself all over again, all the time, without any hope it will come to anything.
 Marcel Proust, The Guermantes Way (1920). copy citation

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Author Marcel Proust
Source The Guermantes Way
Topic surprise hope
Date 1920
Language English
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Note Translated by Mark Treharne
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