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.
SIDONIE GABRIELLE COLETTEWriting only leads to more writing.
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The faults of husbands are often caused by the excess virtues of their wives.
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I’ve entered the world of wine without any professional training, but a definite appetite for good bottles.
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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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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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I believe there are more urgent and honorable occupations than the incomparable waste of time we call suffering.
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One keeps forgetting old age up to the very brink of the grave.
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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.
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If he’s getting married, he’s not longer interesting.
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My true friends have always given me that supreme proof of devotion, a spontaneous aversion for the man I loved.
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So now, whenever I despair, I no longer expect my end, but some bit of luck, some commonplace little miracle which, like a glittering link, will mend again the necklace of my days.
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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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A happy childhood is poor preparation for human contacts.
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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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Sincerity is not a spontaneous flower nor is modesty either.
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Hope costs nothing.
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