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At sixty-three years of age, less a quarter, one still has plans.

Sidonie Gabrielle Colette

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The lovesick, the betrayed, and the jealous all smell alike.
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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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There are connoisseurs of blue just as there are connoisseurs of wine.
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There are no ordinary cats.
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Never touch a butterfly’s wing with your finger.
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Look for a long time at what pleases you, and a longer time at what pains you.
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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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At sixty-three years of age, less a quarter, one still has plans.
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A pretty little collection of weaknesses and a terror of spiders are our indispensable stock-in-trade with the men.
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The only virtue on which I pride myself is my self-doubt; when a writer loses her self-doubt, the time has come to lay aside her pen.
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I went to collect the few personal belongings which. I held to be invaluable: my cat, my resolve to travel, and my solitude.
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That lovely voice; how I should weep for joy if I could hear it now!
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No one asked you to be happy. Get to work.
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