أما الفتيات الجميلات اللواتي كنّ يمررن بي، فمنذ اليوم الذي عرفتُ فيه أن خدودهنّ تُقبَّل، صرتُ أتطلّع إلى أرواحهنّ. وبدا لي الكون أكثر إثارة للاهتمام.

“As to the pretty girls who went past, from the day on which I had first known that their cheeks could be kissed, I had become curious about their souls. And the Universe had appeared to me more interesting.”Marcel Proust — Remembrance of Things Past (2006)