"It is one of the many merits of this admirable biography of Proust's mother that it invites one to return to the novel with perhaps a fuller understanding of Proust's heredity, hinterland, and upbringing. . . . This fascinating book is full of interesting social and cultural observation, of information about French Jewish life, the position of Jews in society and, of course, the Dreyfus case. But it is essentially a study of one of the most remarkable and fruitful of mother-son relationships. As such it is a book that every Proustian will want to read."

-- Allan Massie

#Mother Quotes #Book Quotes #Son Quotes

“Every success is the mother of countless others.”
“Life is nothing if you're not obsessed.”
“A hick town is one where there is no place to go where you shouldn't go.”
“It is in the darkest skies that stars are best seen.”

Source : Richard Paul Evans (1997). “The Letter”, p.16, Simon and Schuster
“Making Saudi Arabia a world judge on women's rights and religious freedom would be like naming a pyromaniac as the town fire chief.”

Source : "UN-real: Saudi Arabia, China among nations vying for seats on Human Rights Council". www.foxnews.com. October 22, 2013.
“Writing is really a way of thinking--not just feeling but thinking about things that are disparate, unresolved, mysterious, problematic or just sweet.”
“I never read the life of any important person without discovering that he knew more and could do more than I could ever hope to know or do in half a dozen lifetimes.”
“It is important that legislation keeps pace with scientific progress.”

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