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Total absence of humor renders life impossible.

Sidonie Gabrielle Colette

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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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Life Lost Love Myself Past Present Sadness Shame Time
No one asked you to be happy. Get to work.
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Happiness Work Yourself
We only do well the things we like doing.
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Passionate Work
Sincerity is not a spontaneous flower nor is modesty either.
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Flower Modesty Sincere Spontaneous
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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Early Insomnia Refuge Stage Suffering Thinking
By means of an image we are often able to hold on to our lost belongings. But it is the desperateness of losing which picks the flowers of memory, binds the bouquet.
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Desperate Flower Image Lose Memories Ourselves
Look for a long time at what pleases you, and a longer time at what pains you.
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Happiness Hurt Observation Pain Self Love Time Yourself
Is suffering so very serious? …I’m referring to the kind of suffering a man inflicts on a woman or a woman on a man. It’s extremely painful… hardly bearable. But I very much fear that this sort of pain… is no more worthy of respect than old age or illness.
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Age Kind Old Pain Respect Serious Suffering Woman Worth
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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Despair Expectation Miracle Myself Willing
The lovesick, the betrayed, and the jealous all smell alike.
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Betrayal Heart Broken Jealous
Books, books, books. It was not that I read so much. I read and re-read the same ones. But all of them were necessary to me. Their presence, their smell, the letters of their titles, and the texture of their leather bindings.
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Book Myself Necessary Presence Reading
No temptation can ever be measured by the value of its object.
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Measurement Object Temptation Value
I’ve entered the world of wine without any professional training, but a definite appetite for good bottles.
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Appetite Myself Professional Training World
Never touch a butterfly’s wing with your finger.
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Fingers Touch Yourself
If he’s getting married, he’s not longer interesting.
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Himself Interesting Marriage
You will do foolish things, but do them with enthusiasm.
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Enthusiasm Fools Willing Yourself

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