The day after that wedding night I found that a distance of a thousand miles, abyss and discovery and irremediable metamorphosis, separated me from the day before.
SIDONIE GABRIELLE COLETTENo one asked you to be happy. Get to work.
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No temptation can ever be measured by the value of its object.
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I’ve entered the world of wine without any professional training, but a definite appetite for good bottles.
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Writing only leads to more writing.
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Sincerity is not a spontaneous flower nor is modesty either.
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By an image we hold on to our lost treasures, but it is the wrenching loss that forms the image, composes, binds the bouquet.
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There are connoisseurs of blue just as there are connoisseurs of wine.
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If he’s getting married, he’s not longer interesting.
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I am indebted to the cat for a particular kind of honorable deceit, for a greater control over myself, for a characteristic aversion to brutal sounds, and for the need to keep silent for long periods of time.
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There are no ordinary cats.
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A happy childhood is poor preparation for human contacts.
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There is no need to waste pity on young girls who are having their moments of disillusionment, for in another moment they will recover their illusion.
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A pretty little collection of weaknesses and a terror of spiders are our indispensable stock-in-trade with the men.
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What a wonderful life I’ve had! I only wish I’d realized it sooner.
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At the top of the iron staircase leading to the stage, the good, dry, dusty warmth wraps me round like a comfortable dirty cloak.
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A kindly gesture bestowed by us on an animal arouses prodigies of understanding and gratitude.
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