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Total absence of humor renders life impossible.

Sidonie Gabrielle Colette

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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
A pretty little collection of weaknesses and a terror of spiders are our indispensable stock-in-trade with the men.
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Collection Man Terror Trade Weakness
Our perfect companions never have fewer than four feet.
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Companion Ourselves Perfection
Jealousy is not at all low, but it catches us humbled and bowed down, at first sight.
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Humble Jealous Low Sight
When she raises her eyelids it’s as if she were taking off all her clothes.
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Clothes Herself Raise
The lovesick, the betrayed, and the jealous all smell alike.
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Betrayal Heart Broken Jealous
On this narrow planet, we have only the choice between two unknown worlds. One of them tempts us – ah! what a dream, to live in that! – the other stifles us at the first breath.
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Breathe Choice Planet Temptation
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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Born Country Heart Myself Try Unknown
It takes time for the absent to assume their true shape in our thoughts.
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Absence Shape Thinking Time True
There are no ordinary cats.
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Animal Cat Love One Liner Ordinary Pet
No temptation can ever be measured by the value of its object.
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Measurement Object Temptation Value
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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Collection Myself Personal Solitude Travel Value
There are days when solitude, for someone my age, is a heady wine that intoxicates you with freedom, others when it is a bitter tonic, and still others when it is a poison that makes you beat your head against the wall.
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Age Alone Bitter Freedom Poison Solitude Wall
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
In the matter of furnishing, I find a certain absence of ugliness far worse than ugliness.
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Absence Finding Furnish Myself Ugly
Total absence of humor renders life impossible.
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Absence Humor Impossible Life
Be happy. It’s one way of being wise.
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Happiness Oneself Wisdom
If I can’t have too many truffles, I’ll do without truffles.
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Acceptance Gratitude Myself
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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Herself Pride Time Virtue
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
You don’t think before you do something foolish. You do your thinking afterwards.
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Fools Thinking Yourself
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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Admit Literature Nourishment Sincere
A happy childhood is poor preparation for human contacts.
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Childhood Contact Happiness Human Poor Preparation
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.
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Allow Excitement Finding Human Place Religion Tree
Hope costs nothing.
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Hope Inspirational Motivational One Liner
I believe there are more urgent and honorable occupations than the incomparable waste of time we call suffering.
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Believe Call Honor Suffering Urgent Wasted Time
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

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