I went to collect the few personal belongings which. I held to be invaluable: my cat, my resolve to travel, and my solitude.
SIDONIE GABRIELLE COLETTEWhat a wonderful life I’ve had! I only wish I’d realized it sooner.
More Sidonie Gabrielle Colette Quotes
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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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Sincerity is not a spontaneous flower nor is modesty either.
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We only do well the things we like doing.
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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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A happy childhood is poor preparation for human contacts.
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At sixty-three years of age, less a quarter, one still has plans.
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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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Jealousy is not at all low, but it catches us humbled and bowed down, at first sight.
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The lovesick, the betrayed, and the jealous all smell alike.
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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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I am going away with him to an unknown country where I shall have no past and no name, and where I shall be born again with a new face and an untried heart.
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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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January, month of empty pockets! let us endure this evil month, anxious as a theatrical producer’s forehead.
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I have found my voice again and the art of using it.
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