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It reminded me of a similar sentiment by Marcel Proust: “So we don't believe that life is beautiful because we don't recall it but if we get a whiff of a long-
by thret 3y ago
It reminded me of a similar sentiment by Marcel Proust:
“So we don't believe that life is beautiful because we don't recall it but if we get a whiff of a long-forgotten smell we are suddenly intoxicated and similarly we think we no longer love the dead because we don't remember them but if by chance we come across an old glove we burst into tears.”
- Jugurtha 3y agoWe call it "Madeleine de Proust" in French. https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Madeleine_de_Proust https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Madeleine_de_Proust https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Involuntary_memory https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Involuntary_memory "Proust Effect" or something like that in English.
- jwmcq 3y agoI think I've seen "Madeleine Moment" most often in English.
- Sinidir 3y agoFunny i know about Proust from The Sopranos.
- tomjakubowski 3y agoIf we're sharing I learned about him from the preeminent Proust scholar in the United States, while I watched Little Miss Sunshine.
- grogenaut 3y agoSame
- nuancebydefault 3y agoWhen i'm sawing wood and the dust starts smelling burnt, I'm immediately transported back into my late dad's workshop. Easily happens when the teeth are wearing out. Also, somehow the fumes of his sigars smelled very similar.