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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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A few days later, I found my mother beneath the tree, motionless with excitement, her head turned toward the heavens in which she would allow human religions no place.
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Allow Excitement Finding Human Place Religion Tree
One keeps forgetting old age up to the very brink of the grave.
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Age Forget Grave Old
As for an authentic villain, the real thing, the absolute, the artist, one rarely meets him even once in a lifetime. The ordinary bad hat is always in part a decent fellow.
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Artist Authentic Himself Life Ordinary Time Villain
Writing only leads to more writing.
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One Liner Poet Writing
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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Book Myself Necessary Presence Reading
January, month of empty pockets! let us endure this evil month, anxious as a theatrical producer’s forehead.
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Anxiety Endurance New Year Ourselves Production Theatre
There is no need to waste pity on young girls who are having their moments of disillusionment, for in another moment they will recover their illusion.
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Illusion Moments Need Recovery Waste Young
Never touch a butterfly’s wing with your finger.
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Fingers Touch Yourself
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.
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Astonishment Finding Growth Quick Yourself
You don’t think before you do something foolish. You do your thinking afterwards.
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Fools Thinking Yourself
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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Early Insomnia Refuge Stage Suffering Thinking
Hope costs nothing.
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Hope Inspirational Motivational One Liner
You do not notice changes in what is always before you.
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Change Notice Yourself
We only do well the things we like doing.
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Passionate Work
I believe there are more urgent and honorable occupations than the incomparable waste of time we call suffering.
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Believe Call Honor Suffering Urgent Wasted Time
At sixty-three years of age, less a quarter, one still has plans.
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Age Grow Up Oneself Planning
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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Breathe Choice Planet Temptation
In the matter of furnishing, I find a certain absence of ugliness far worse than ugliness.
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Absence Finding Furnish Myself Ugly
Our perfect companions never have fewer than four feet.
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Companion Ourselves Perfection
There are connoisseurs of blue just as there are connoisseurs of wine.
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Blue People Wine
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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Cloak Comfortable Dirty Leadership Warm
Be happy. It’s one way of being wise.
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Happiness Oneself Wisdom
When she raises her eyelids it’s as if she were taking off all her clothes.
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Clothes Herself Raise
If he’s getting married, he’s not longer interesting.
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Himself Interesting Marriage
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
A happy childhood is poor preparation for human contacts.
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Childhood Contact Happiness Human Poor Preparation

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