We are free to abandon ourselves to one or other of two forces, one arising in ourselves, emanating from our deepest impressions, the other affecting us from without. The natural accompaniment of the first is a joy, the joy that springs from the life of creative people.
 Marcel Proust, The Guermantes Way (1920). copy citation

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