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It is not a bad thing that children should occasionally, and politely, put parents in their place.

Sidonie Gabrielle Colette

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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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I have found my voice again and the art of using it.
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Art Finding Myself Voice
When she raises her eyelids it’s as if she were taking off all her clothes.
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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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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
Look for a long time at what pleases you, and a longer time at what pains you.
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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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The true traveler is he who goes on foot, and even then, he sits down a lot of the time.
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It is not a bad thing that children should occasionally, and politely, put parents in their place.
SIDONIE GABRIELLE COLETTE

Bad Children Occasional Parents Place Polite
The lovesick, the betrayed, and the jealous all smell alike.
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Sincerity is not a spontaneous flower nor is modesty either.
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Flower Modesty Sincere Spontaneous
That lovely voice; how I should weep for joy if I could hear it now!
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Joy Love Myself Voice
You do not notice changes in what is always before you.
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Change Notice Yourself
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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Be happy. It’s one way of being wise.
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Happiness Oneself Wisdom
Sit down and put down everything that comes into your head and then you’re a writer. But an author is one who can judge his own stuff’s worth, without pity, and destroy most of it.
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Author Criticism Destroy Head Himself Judgement Poet Writing

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