"Always try to keep a patch of sky above your life."

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Source : Marcel Proust (2016). “Swann's Way”, p.88, Marcel Proust

Marcel Proust

#Sky Quotes #Trying Quotes #Patches Quotes

“Growing up in England, I was constantly surrounded by the Arthurian legend.”
“We have our share of accidents at nap time. However, the one thing we never do is shame the child, or use blaming words.”
“Let me get this straight. A mentally ill madman goes on a shooting spree to assassinate a United States Congressperson... and the lesson learned by liberals is that guns must be taken away from law-abiding citizens? Really? Whatâ€™s the connection between a mentally ill nutcase and perfectly sane, responsible people? There is none.”
“In order to correctly define art, it is necessary, first of all, to cease to consider it as a means to pleasure and consider it as one of the conditions of human life. ...Reflecting on it in this way, we cannot fail to observe that art is one of the means of effective communication between people.”
“We hold these truths to be self-evident: that all men are created equal; that they are endowed by their Creator with certain inalienable rights; that among these are life, and the right to make that of another miserable by thrusting upon him an incalculable quantity of acquaintances; liberty, particularly the liberty to introduce persons to one another without first ascertaining if they are not already acquainted as enemies; and the pursuit of another's happiness with a running pack of strangers.”

Source : Declaration of Sentiments, First Woman's Rights
“I'm now a bit anti-Jewish since my last visit to the synagogue, but my atheism does not necessarily reject religion.”
“Donâ€™t change the channel when Rohit Sharma walks out to bat, because by the time you change it back, heâ€˜d be long gone!!”
“A new poll shows that Tiger Woods' popularity has dropped from 85 percent to 33 percent. President Obama's popularity is also at 33 percent, but Tiger had more fun getting there.”

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