The time at our disposal each day is elastic; the passions we feel dilate it, those that inspire us shrink it, and habit fills it. (Marcel Proust)

The time at our disposal each day is elastic; the passions we feel dilate it, those that inspire us shrink it, and habit fills it.

Marcel Proust

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