To determine not to think of it was but to think of it still, to suffer from it still.
There is nothing like desire for obstructing any resemblance between what one says and what one has on one's mind.
The Guermantes Way
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There is nothing like desire for obstructing any resemblance between what one says and what one has on one's mind.
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