Marcel Proust

(1871—1922)

Let us hope that when we are dead things will be better arranged.

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Marcel Proust

(1871-1922), French author Everything good in the world comes from neurotics. They alone have founded our religions and composed our masterpieces. www.sky-net-eye.com

hope against hope

[hope against hope] {v. phr.} To try to hope when things look black; hold to hope in bad trouble. * /The mother continued to hope against hope although the plane […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

dead as a doornail

[dead as a doornail] {adj. phr.} Completely dead without the slightest hope of resuscitation. * /This battery is dead as a doornail; no wonder your car won't start./ A Dictionary of American Idioms

come to a dead end

[come to a dead end] {v. phr.} To reach a point from which one cannot proceed further, either because of a physical obstacle or because of some forbidding circumstance. * […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

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