I did not look for her, because I was afraid of dispelling the mystery we attach to people whom we know only casually.
SIDONIE GABRIELLE COLETTEOur perfect companions never have fewer than four feet.
More Sidonie Gabrielle Colette Quotes
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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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A happy childhood is poor preparation for human contacts.
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One keeps forgetting old age up to the very brink of the grave.
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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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Hope costs nothing.
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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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At the top of the iron staircase leading to the stage, the good, dry, dusty warmth wraps me round like a comfortable dirty cloak.
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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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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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By means of an image we are often able to hold on to our lost belongings. But it is the desperateness of losing which picks the flowers of memory, binds the bouquet.
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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 want nothing from love, in short, but love.
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Writing only leads to more writing.
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