Time spent with a cat is never wasted.
SIDONIE GABRIELLE COLETTEOne keeps forgetting old age up to the very brink of the grave.
More Sidonie Gabrielle Colette Quotes
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You don’t think before you do something foolish. You do your thinking afterwards.
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Total absence of humor renders life impossible.
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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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It is not a bad thing that children should occasionally, and politely, put parents in their place.
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The day after that wedding night I found that a distance of a thousand miles, abyss and discovery and irremediable metamorphosis, separated me from the day before.
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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 true traveler is he who goes on foot, and even then, he sits down a lot of the time.
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There are no ordinary cats.
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Never touch a butterfly’s wing with your finger.
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Writing only leads to more writing.
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A woman who thinks she is intelligent demands the same rights as man. An intelligent woman gives up.
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The lovesick, the betrayed, and the jealous all smell alike.
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You will do foolish things, but do them with enthusiasm.
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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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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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