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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.

Sidonie Gabrielle Colette

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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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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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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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Never touch a butterfly’s wing with your finger.
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What a wonderful life I’ve had! I only wish I’d realized it sooner.
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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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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.
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If he’s getting married, he’s not longer interesting.
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My true friends have always given me that supreme proof of devotion, a spontaneous aversion for the man I loved.
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You must not pity me because my sixtieth year finds me still astonished. To be astonished is one of the surest ways of not growing old too quickly.
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Be happy. It’s one way of being wise.
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No temptation can ever be measured by the value of its object.
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Writing only leads to more writing.
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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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As for an authentic villain, the real thing, the absolute, the artist, one rarely meets him even once in a lifetime. The ordinary bad hat is always in part a decent fellow.
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It is wise to apply the oil of refined politeness to the mechanisms of friendship.
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