You will do foolish things, but do them with enthusiasm.
SIDONIE GABRIELLE COLETTEIf 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 takes time for the absent to assume their true shape in our thoughts.
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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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That lovely voice; how I should weep for joy if I could hear it now!
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There are no ordinary cats.
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When she raises her eyelids it’s as if she were taking off all her clothes.
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I love my past, I love my present. I am not ashamed of what I have had, and I am not sad because I no longer have it.
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To a poet, silence is an acceptable response, even a flattering one.
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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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We only do well the things we like doing.
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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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Writing only leads to more writing.
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At the top of the iron staircase leading to the stage, the good, dry, dusty warmth wraps me round like a comfortable dirty cloak.
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Sincerity is not a spontaneous flower nor is modesty either.
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Time spent with a cat is never wasted.
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A happy childhood is poor preparation for human contacts.
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