I wonder what Proust would have made of our present-day locus of collective fantasy, the Internet. I’m guessing he would have seized on its wistful aspect, pointing out gently and with wry humor that much of what beguiles us is the act of reaching for what isn’t there. Jennifer Egan NYTimes.com (via somethingchanged)
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    More about this fickle Internet later. And this reminded me that I really need to read some Proust.