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In its early stages, insomnia is almost an oasis in which those who have to think or suffer darkly take refuge.

Sidonie Gabrielle Colette

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Look for a long time at what pleases you, and a longer time at what pains you.
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Happiness Hurt Observation Pain Self Love Time Yourself
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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It is not a bad thing that children should occasionally, and politely, put parents in their place.
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When she raises her eyelids it’s as if she were taking off all her clothes.
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Clothes Herself Raise
In the matter of furnishing, I find a certain absence of ugliness far worse than ugliness.
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Absence Finding Furnish Myself Ugly
There are no ordinary cats.
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If I can’t have too many truffles, I’ll do without truffles.
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Acceptance Gratitude Myself
Writing only leads to more writing.
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Perhaps the only misplaced curiosity is that which persists in trying to find out here, on this side of death, what lies beyond the grave.
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It is wise to apply the oil of refined politeness to the mechanisms of friendship.
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I want nothing from love, in short, but love.
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The lovesick, the betrayed, and the jealous all smell alike.
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No temptation can ever be measured by the value of its object.
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Smokers, male and female, inject and excuse idleness in their lives every time they light a cigarette.
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Drugs Excuse Light Male Smoking
So now, whenever I despair, I no longer expect my end, but some bit of luck, some commonplace little miracle which, like a glittering link, will mend again the necklace of my days.
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Despair Expectation Miracle Myself Willing
A kindly gesture bestowed by us on an animal arouses prodigies of understanding and gratitude.
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Gratitude Kindness Prodigy Understand

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