Our desires cut across one another, and in this confused existence it is rare for happiness to coincide with the desire that clamoured for it.

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Our desires cut across one another, and in this confused existence it is rare for happiness to coincide with the desire that clamoured for it. - Marcel Proust

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Our desires cut across one another, and in this confused existence it is rare for happiness to coincide with the desire that clamoured for it. - Dwight D. Eisenhower quotes