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.
SIDONIE GABRIELLE COLETTEIt takes time for the absent to assume their true shape in our thoughts.
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A kindly gesture bestowed by us on an animal arouses prodigies of understanding and gratitude.
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Books, books, books. It was not that I read so much. I read and re-read the same ones. But all of them were necessary to me. Their presence, their smell, the letters of their titles, and the texture of their leather bindings.
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It is wise to apply the oil of refined politeness to the mechanisms of friendship.
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No one asked you to be happy. Get to work.
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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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Look for a long time at what pleases you, and a longer time at what pains you.
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What a wonderful life I’ve had! I only wish I’d realized it sooner.
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There are connoisseurs of blue just as there are connoisseurs of wine.
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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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The faults of husbands are often caused by the excess virtues of their wives.
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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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I believe there are more urgent and honorable occupations than the incomparable waste of time we call suffering.
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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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If we want to be sincere, we must admit that there is a well-nourished love and an ill-nourished love. And the rest is literature.
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