Marcel Proust quote about memory from The Guermantes Way - Our memories and our hearts are not large enough to remain faithful. We have not room enough, in our present mental space, to keep the dead alongside the living.
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“ Our memories and our hearts are not large enough to remain faithful. We have not room enough, in our present mental space, to keep the dead alongside the living. ”
 Marcel Proust, The Guermantes Way (1920). copy citation

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Author Marcel Proust
Source The Guermantes Way
Topic memory faithfulness
Date 1920
Language English
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Note Translated by Mark Treharne
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“Notre mémoire et notre cœur ne sont pas assez grands pour pouvoir être fidèles. Nous n'avons pas assez de place, dans notre pensée actuelle, pour garder les morts à côté des vivants.” Marcel Proust, Le Côté de Guermantes

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Marcel Proust quote about memory from The Guermantes Way - Our memories and our hearts are not large enough to remain faithful. We have not room enough, in our present mental space, to keep the dead alongside the living.
Marcel Proust quote about memory from The Guermantes Way - Our memories and our hearts are not large enough to remain faithful. We have not room enough, in our present mental space, to keep the dead alongside the living.