Swann was one of those men who, having long lived in the illusions of love, saw the well-being that they gave to many women height...en their happiness without evoking in these women any gratitude, any tenderness toward them; but in their child these men believe they feel an affection which, embodied in their very name, will make them outlast their death. When there was to no longer be a Charles Swann, there would still be a Mademoiselle Swann ... who would continue to love her departed father.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
Back then we were better-behaved than you young boys today; we were better instructed; so I start in my bestest French: "Mademoise...lle, from the first time I seen you, on the presbytery patio, I have been transported with the feeling of love for thee. I have already cut down poles, planks and straw in order for to build this house for you. The day we wed, the rats will come out of their ratholes and Sister Minnaine's goats will come bray at our door. So then, to assure our franchise of love, Mademoiselle, I ask your permission for a little fresh behavior.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
The South is very beautiful but its beauty makes one sad because the lives that people live here, and have lived here, are so ugly....LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
The greatest significance of the present student generation is that it is through them that the point of view of the subjugated is... finally and inexorably being expressed.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
New York is full of people ... with a feeling for the tangential adventure, the risky adventure, the interlude that's not likely t...o end in any double-ring ceremony.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
There is nothing truly beautiful but that which can never be of any use whatsoever; everything useful is ugly, for it is the expre...ssion of some need, and man's needs are ignoble and disgusting like his own poor and infirm nature. The most useful place in a house is the water-closet.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
Good heavens! what a foolish thing is this pretended perfectibility of the human race which is continually being dinned into our e...ars!LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »