Marcel Proust

that one must return

my mind on thoughts of the future which would carry me, as on a bridge, across the terrifying abyss that yawned at my feet.

and he is so nice besides.”

IN SEARCH OF LOST TIME (

For a long time I used to go to bed early. Sometimes, when I had put out my candle, my eyes would close so quickly that I had not even time to say “I’m going to sleep.”

For a long time I used to go to bed early. Sometimes, when I had put out my candle, my eyes would close so quickly that I had not even time to say “I’m going to sleep.”

And half an hour later the thought that it was time to go to sleep would awaken me