A kindly gesture bestowed by us on an animal arouses prodigies of understanding and gratitude.
SIDONIE GABRIELLE COLETTEThe true traveler is he who goes on foot, and even then, he sits down a lot of the time.
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A happy childhood is poor preparation for human contacts.
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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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No temptation can ever be measured by the value of its object.
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I have found my voice again and the art of using it.
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In its early stages, insomnia is almost an oasis in which those who have to think or suffer darkly take refuge.
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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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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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There are connoisseurs of blue just as there are connoisseurs of wine.
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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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Total absence of humor renders life impossible.
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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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We only do well the things we like doing.
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The lovesick, the betrayed, and the jealous all smell alike.
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If 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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There are no ordinary cats.
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