A glass globe containing dark rainclouds on one side and a bright yellow sun on the other.

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Remembrance of Things Past

Marcel Proust

A change in the weather is sufficient to recreate the world and ourselves.

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What it means

Our interpretation.

The passage suggests that a change in weather can make both the world and the self seem newly made. One reading concerns perception: familiar surroundings and feelings may look different under changed conditions. The striking verb 'recreate' gives that shift unusual power.

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