Desire makes everything blossom; possession makes everything wither and fade.

Le désir fleurit, la possession flétrit toutes choses;

Marcel Proust

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Topic

Desire Fading love

Author

Marcel Proust

Source

Les Plaisirs et les Jours

Language

French

Time

1896 1890s 19th century

Occupation

Novelist Writer

From

France Europe

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Original Citation

Proust, Marcel. Les Plaisirs et les Jours. Paris: Calmann-Lévy, 1896.

Current Citation

Proust, Marcel. "Pleasures and Days." Pleasures and Days and "Memory" / Les Plaisirs et les Jours et "Souvenir" Short Stories by Marcel Proust: A Dual-Language Book, translated by Edward H. Ousselin. Dover Publications, 2014.

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Time
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Original Citation

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