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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.

Sidonie Gabrielle Colette

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To a poet, silence is an acceptable response, even a flattering one.
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The faults of husbands are often caused by the excess virtues of their wives.
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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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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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Our perfect companions never have fewer than four feet.
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There are no ordinary cats.
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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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What a wonderful life I’ve had! I only wish I’d realized it sooner.
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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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In its early stages, insomnia is almost an oasis in which those who have to think or suffer darkly take refuge.
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Total absence of humor renders life impossible.
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At sixty-three years of age, less a quarter, one still has plans.
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I love my past, I love my present. I am not ashamed of what I have had, and I am not sad because I no longer have it.
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You don’t think before you do something foolish. You do your thinking afterwards.
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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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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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