I believe there are more urgent and honorable occupations than the incomparable waste of time we call suffering.
SIDONIE GABRIELLE COLETTEI am indebted to the cat for a particular kind of honorable deceit, for a greater control over myself, for a characteristic aversion to brutal sounds, and for the need to keep silent for long periods of time.
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A kindly gesture bestowed by us on an animal arouses prodigies of understanding and gratitude.
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A happy childhood is poor preparation for human contacts.
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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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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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You will do foolish things, but do them with enthusiasm.
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If he’s getting married, he’s not longer interesting.
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Be happy. It’s one way of being wise.
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Never touch a butterfly’s wing with your finger.
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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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The only virtue on which I pride myself is my self-doubt; when a writer loses her self-doubt, the time has come to lay aside her pen.
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The lovesick, the betrayed, and the jealous all smell alike.
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The faults of husbands are often caused by the excess virtues of their wives.
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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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Smokers, male and female, inject and excuse idleness in their lives every time they light a cigarette.
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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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Time spent with a cat is never wasted.
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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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Writing only leads to more writing.
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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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Perhaps the only misplaced curiosity is that which persists in trying to find out here, on this side of death, what lies beyond the grave.
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I am indebted to the cat for a particular kind of honorable deceit, for a greater control over myself, for a characteristic aversion to brutal sounds, and for the need to keep silent for long periods of time.
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I have found my voice again and the art of using it.
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A few days later, I found my mother beneath the tree, motionless with excitement, her head turned toward the heavens in which she would allow human religions no place.
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It takes time for the absent to assume their true shape in our thoughts.
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As for an authentic villain, the real thing, the absolute, the artist, one rarely meets him even once in a lifetime. The ordinary bad hat is always in part a decent fellow.
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No one asked you to be happy. Get to work.
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