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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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I have found my voice again and the art of using it.
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January, month of empty pockets! let us endure this evil month, anxious as a theatrical producer’s forehead.
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There are connoisseurs of blue just as there are connoisseurs of wine.
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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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I’ve entered the world of wine without any professional training, but a definite appetite for good bottles.
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That lovely voice; how I should weep for joy if I could hear it now!
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