In his younger days a man dreams of possessing the heart of the woman whom he loves… — Marcel Proust
In his younger days a man dreams of possessing the heart of the woman whom he loves; later, the feeling that he possesses the heart of a woman may be enough to make him fall in love with her.
In the original French
Autrefois on rêvait de posséder le cœur de la femme dont on était amoureux; plus tard sentir qu’on possède le cœur d’une femme peut suffire à vous en rendre amoureux.
In Search of Lost Time · 1913
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Proust, Marcel. Swann's Way, edited and translated by Lydia Davis. Penguin Classics, 2004.
Original citation
Proust, Marcel. Du côté de chez Swann [The Way by Swann's]. Paris: Grasset, 1913.
