At the top of the iron staircase leading to the stage, the good, dry, dusty warmth wraps me round like a comfortable dirty cloak.
SIDONIE GABRIELLE COLETTE
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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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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I went to collect the few personal belongings which. I held to be invaluable: my cat, my resolve to travel, and my solitude.
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By means of an image we are often able to hold on to our lost belongings. But it is the desperateness of losing which picks the flowers of memory, binds the bouquet.
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I did not look for her, because I was afraid of dispelling the mystery we attach to people whom we know only casually.
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Don’t cudgel your brains over my little problems.
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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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You will do foolish things, but do them with enthusiasm.
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There are no ordinary cats.
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A few days later, I found my mother beneath the tree, motionless with excitement, her head turned toward the heavens in which she would allow human religions no place.
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The true traveler is he who goes on foot, and even then, he sits down a lot of the time.
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You don’t think before you do something foolish. You do your thinking afterwards.
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On this narrow planet, we have only the choice between two unknown worlds. One of them tempts us – ah! what a dream, to live in that! – the other stifles us at the first breath.
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It is wise to apply the oil of refined politeness to the mechanisms of friendship.
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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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What a wonderful life I’ve had! I only wish I’d realized it sooner.
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Is suffering so very serious? …I’m referring to the kind of suffering a man inflicts on a woman or a woman on a man. It’s extremely painful… hardly bearable. But I very much fear that this sort of pain… is no more worthy of respect than old age or illness.
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