It takes time for the absent to assume their true shape in our thoughts.
SIDONIE GABRIELLE COLETTEThere is no need to waste pity on young girls who are having their moments of disillusionment, for in another moment they will recover their illusion.
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I have found my voice again and the art of using it.
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We only do well the things we like doing.
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Sincerity is not a spontaneous flower nor is modesty either.
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One keeps forgetting old age up to the very brink of the grave.
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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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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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It is not a bad thing that children should occasionally, and politely, put parents in their place.
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That lovely voice; how I should weep for joy if I could hear it now!
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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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I want nothing from love, in short, but love.
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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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You don’t think before you do something foolish. You do your thinking afterwards.
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What a wonderful life I’ve had! I only wish I’d realized it sooner.
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There is no need to waste pity on young girls who are having their moments of disillusionment, for in another moment they will recover their illusion.
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A happy childhood is poor preparation for human contacts.
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