"Suddenly my father would stop us and ask my mother: "Where are we?" Exhausted from walking but proud of him, she would admit tenderly that she had absolutely no idea. He would shrug his shoulders and laugh... My mother would say to him admiringly: 'You are astonishing!" And from that moment on, I would not have to take another step... Habit had taken me in its arms, and it carried me all the way to my bed like a little child."
This section is so beautiful, also connects to the idea of system 1 vs system 2 in neuroscience. What is automatic vs what requires deep thought.
Du côté de chez Swann · p. 117 · Sep 8
