Marcel Proust quote about waiting from In the Shadow of Young Girls in Flower - With a woman who does not love us, as with someone who has died, the knowledge that there is nothing left to hope for does not prevent us from going on waiting.
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“ With a woman who does not love us, as with someone who has died, the knowledge that there is nothing left to hope for does not prevent us from going on waiting. ”
 Marcel Proust, In the Shadow of Young Girls in Flower (1919). copy citation

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Author Marcel Proust
Source In the Shadow of Young Girls in Flower
Topic waiting hope
Date 1919
Language English
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Note Translated by James Grieve
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“Pour les femmes qui ne nous aiment pas, comme pour les 'disparus', savoir qu'on n'a plus rien à espérer n'empêche pas de continuer à attendre.” Marcel Proust, À l'ombre des jeunes filles en fleurs

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Marcel Proust quote about waiting from In the Shadow of Young Girls in Flower - With a woman who does not love us, as with someone who has died, the knowledge that there is nothing left to hope for does not prevent us from going on waiting.
Marcel Proust quote about waiting from In the Shadow of Young Girls in Flower - With a woman who does not love us, as with someone who has died, the knowledge that there is nothing left to hope for does not prevent us from going on waiting.