When she raises her eyelids it’s as if she were taking off all her clothes.
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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Look for a long time at what pleases you, and a longer time at what pains you.
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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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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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To a poet, silence is an acceptable response, even a flattering one.
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The faults of husbands are often caused by the excess virtues of their wives.
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I have found my voice again and the art of using it.
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What a wonderful life I’ve had! I only wish I’d realized it sooner.
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By an image we hold on to our lost treasures, but it is the wrenching loss that forms the image, composes, binds the bouquet.
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Don’t cudgel your brains over my little problems.
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If he’s getting married, he’s not longer interesting.
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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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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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The lovesick, the betrayed, and the jealous all smell alike.
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Never touch a butterfly’s wing with your finger.
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The true traveler is he who goes on foot, and even then, he sits down a lot of the time.
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