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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.

Sidonie Gabrielle Colette

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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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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 did not look for her, because I was afraid of dispelling the mystery we attach to people whom we know only casually.
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