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.
SIDONIE GABRIELLE COLETTESmokers, male and female, inject and excuse idleness in their lives every time they light a cigarette.
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Sincerity is not a spontaneous flower nor is modesty either.
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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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You will do foolish things, but do them with enthusiasm.
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In the matter of furnishing, I find a certain absence of ugliness far worse than ugliness.
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The lovesick, the betrayed, and the jealous all smell alike.
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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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You do not notice changes in what is always before you.
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If he’s getting married, he’s not longer interesting.
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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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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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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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Total absence of humor renders life impossible.
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There are connoisseurs of blue just as there are connoisseurs of wine.
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