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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.

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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No temptation can ever be measured by the value of its object.
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Don’t cudgel your brains over my little problems.
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It is not a bad thing that children should occasionally, and politely, put parents in their place.
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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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Perhaps the only misplaced curiosity is that which persists in trying to find out here, on this side of death, what lies beyond the grave.
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Never touch a butterfly’s wing with your finger.
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What a wonderful life I’ve had! I only wish I’d realized it sooner.
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No one asked you to be happy. Get to work.
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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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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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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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If I can’t have too many truffles, I’ll do without truffles.
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There are no ordinary cats.
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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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That lovely voice; how I should weep for joy if I could hear it now!
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