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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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A kindly gesture bestowed by us on an animal arouses prodigies of understanding and gratitude.
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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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There are days when solitude, for someone my age, is a heady wine that intoxicates you with freedom, others when it is a bitter tonic, and still others when it is a poison that makes you beat your head against the wall.
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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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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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Jealousy is not at all low, but it catches us humbled and bowed down, at first sight.
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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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