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To a poet, silence is an acceptable response, even a flattering one.

Sidonie Gabrielle Colette

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I went to collect the few personal belongings which. I held to be invaluable: my cat, my resolve to travel, and my solitude.
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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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It is not a bad thing that children should occasionally, and politely, put parents in their place.
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We only do well the things we like doing.
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Our perfect companions never have fewer than four feet.
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Don’t cudgel your brains over my little problems.
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There are no ordinary cats.
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The day after that wedding night I found that a distance of a thousand miles, abyss and discovery and irremediable metamorphosis, separated me from the day before.
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If I can’t have too many truffles, I’ll do without truffles.
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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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You will do foolish things, but do them with enthusiasm.
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Sit down and put down everything that comes into your head and then you’re a writer. But an author is one who can judge his own stuff’s worth, without pity, and destroy most of it.
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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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Time spent with a cat is never wasted.
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Never touch a butterfly’s wing with your finger.
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Writing only leads to more writing.
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