My true friends have always given me that supreme proof of devotion, a spontaneous aversion for the man I loved.
SIDONIE GABRIELLE COLETTEA happy childhood is poor preparation for human contacts.
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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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Total absence of humor renders life impossible.
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A woman who thinks she is intelligent demands the same rights as man. An intelligent woman gives up.
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Writing only leads to more writing.
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It is not a bad thing that children should occasionally, and politely, put parents in their place.
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There are no ordinary cats.
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Our perfect companions never have fewer than four feet.
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You don’t think before you do something foolish. You do your thinking afterwards.
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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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No one asked you to be happy. Get to work.
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I want nothing from love, in short, but love.
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What a wonderful life I’ve had! I only wish I’d realized it sooner.
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Hope costs nothing.
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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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In the matter of furnishing, I find a certain absence of ugliness far worse than ugliness.
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