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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.

Sidonie Gabrielle Colette

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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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Jealousy is not at all low, but it catches us humbled and bowed down, at first sight.
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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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Writing only leads to more writing.
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I am indebted to the cat for a particular kind of honorable deceit, for a greater control over myself, for a characteristic aversion to brutal sounds, and for the need to keep silent for long periods of time.
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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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It is wise to apply the oil of refined politeness to the mechanisms of friendship.
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A kindly gesture bestowed by us on an animal arouses prodigies of understanding and gratitude.
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Never touch a butterfly’s wing with your finger.
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Sit down and put down everything that comes into your head and then you’re a writer. But an author is one who can judge his own stuff’s worth, without pity, and destroy most of it.
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What a wonderful life I’ve had! I only wish I’d realized it sooner.
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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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The lovesick, the betrayed, and the jealous all smell alike.
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By means of an image we are often able to hold on to our lost belongings. But it is the desperateness of losing which picks the flowers of memory, binds the bouquet.
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I love my past, I love my present. I am not ashamed of what I have had, and I am not sad because I no longer have it.
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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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