When a man is asleep, he has in a circle round him the chain of the hours, the sequence of the years, the order of the heavenly host.
Narrator — in Marcel Proust’s Swann’s Way
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- 95% sureThese words were traced back to where they first appeared. That source is listed below.
- Swann’s Way (1922 English edition), Overture; C. K. Scott Moncrieff translation; Exact wording and attribution checked. The fictional narrator reflects on memory and experience.
- Swann’s Way (1922 English edition), Overture; C. K. Scott Moncrieff translation
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