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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.

Sidonie Gabrielle Colette

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It takes time for the absent to assume their true shape in our thoughts.
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Total absence of humor renders life impossible.
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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.
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When she raises her eyelids it’s as if she were taking off all her clothes.
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Clothes Herself Raise
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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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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Humble Jealous Low Sight
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