You must not pity me because my sixtieth year finds me still astonished. To be astonished is one of the surest ways of not growing old too quickly.
SIDONIE GABRIELLE COLETTEWe only do well the things we like doing.
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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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What a wonderful life I’ve had! I only wish I’d realized it sooner.
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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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It is not a bad thing that children should occasionally, and politely, put parents in their place.
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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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Writing only leads to more writing.
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There are connoisseurs of blue just as there are connoisseurs of wine.
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That lovely voice; how I should weep for joy if I could hear it now!
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You will do foolish things, but do them with enthusiasm.
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Be happy. It’s one way of being wise.
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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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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 takes time for the absent to assume their true shape in our thoughts.
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One keeps forgetting old age up to the very brink of the grave.
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Sincerity is not a spontaneous flower nor is modesty either.
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