You don't think he's referencing Proust do you?
I had to bloody look that up. And, if you're right, he should be ashamed of himself for Swan/Swann
PB. Proust has nothing to worry about...mainly because death bequeaths that right.
Then there's "my little diddly-plomp".
Again, Proust at his finest.
See, this is why I can't read Proust.
Still, I'm relieved to learn Mister PB was merely a plagiarist, and not the author of the odious phrase.
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I tried reading Swann's Way and got half way through, about to that point where there's a single sentence that covers something like one and half pages. I have trouble remembering what I was just talking about 2 minutes ago, dealing with a sentence like that and keeping track of the gist was nigh on impossible.
Most of 'em don't become it so much as begin it.