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 COLETTEYou 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.
More Sidonie Gabrielle Colette Quotes
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When she raises her eyelids it’s as if she were taking off all her clothes.
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I am going away with him to an unknown country where I shall have no past and no name, and where I shall be born again with a new face and an untried heart.
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There are connoisseurs of blue just as there are connoisseurs of wine.
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We only do well the things we like doing.
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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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Our perfect companions never have fewer than four feet.
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A woman who thinks she is intelligent demands the same rights as man. An intelligent woman gives up.
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Hope costs nothing.
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You do not notice changes in what is always before you.
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At sixty-three years of age, less a quarter, one still has plans.
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A happy childhood is poor preparation for human contacts.
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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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The lovesick, the betrayed, and the jealous all smell alike.
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Smokers, male and female, inject and excuse idleness in their lives every time they light a cigarette.
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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.
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