Perhaps the only misplaced curiosity is that which persists in trying to find out here, on this side of death, what lies beyond the grave.
SIDONIE GABRIELLE COLETTEWe only do well the things we like doing.
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Perhaps the only misplaced curiosity is that which persists in trying to find out here, on this side of death, what lies beyond the grave.
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You do not notice changes in what is always before you.
SIDONIE GABRIELLE COLETTEYou do not notice changes in what is always before you.
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Total absence of humor renders life impossible.
SIDONIE GABRIELLE COLETTETotal absence of humor renders life impossible.
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Smokers, male and female, inject and excuse idleness in their lives every time they light a cigarette.
SIDONIE GABRIELLE COLETTESmokers, male and female, inject and excuse idleness in their lives every time they light a cigarette.
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Our perfect companions never have fewer than four feet.
SIDONIE GABRIELLE COLETTEOur perfect companions never have fewer than four feet.
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I have found my voice again and the art of using it.
SIDONIE GABRIELLE COLETTEI have found my voice again and the art of using it.
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I want nothing from love, in short, but love.
SIDONIE GABRIELLE COLETTEI want nothing from love, in short, but love.
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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.
SIDONIE GABRIELLE COLETTEI 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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A happy childhood is poor preparation for human contacts.
SIDONIE GABRIELLE COLETTEA happy childhood is poor preparation for human contacts.
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That lovely voice; how I should weep for joy if I could hear it now!
SIDONIE GABRIELLE COLETTEThat lovely voice; how I should weep for joy if I could hear it now!
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When she raises her eyelids it’s as if she were taking off all her clothes.
SIDONIE GABRIELLE COLETTEWhen she raises her eyelids it’s as if she were taking off all her clothes.
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By an image we hold on to our lost treasures, but it is the wrenching loss that forms the image, composes, binds the bouquet.
SIDONIE GABRIELLE COLETTEBy an image we hold on to our lost treasures, but it is the wrenching loss that forms the image, composes, binds the bouquet.
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It is not a bad thing that children should occasionally, and politely, put parents in their place.
SIDONIE GABRIELLE COLETTEIt is not a bad thing that children should occasionally, and politely, put parents in their place.
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Sincerity is not a spontaneous flower nor is modesty either.
SIDONIE GABRIELLE COLETTESincerity is not a spontaneous flower nor is modesty either.
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No temptation can ever be measured by the value of its object.
SIDONIE GABRIELLE COLETTENo temptation can ever be measured by the value of its object.
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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.
SIDONIE GABRIELLE COLETTEIf 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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