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.
SIDONIE GABRIELLE COLETTEIf I can’t have too many truffles, I’ll do without truffles.
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You do not notice changes in what is always before you.
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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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I’ve entered the world of wine without any professional training, but a definite appetite for good bottles.
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What a wonderful life I’ve had! I only wish I’d realized it sooner.
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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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Jealousy is not at all low, but it catches us humbled and bowed down, at first sight.
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There are connoisseurs of blue just as there are connoisseurs of wine.
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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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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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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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Our perfect companions never have fewer than four feet.
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A kindly gesture bestowed by us on an animal arouses prodigies of understanding and gratitude.
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Be happy. It’s one way of being wise.
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Time spent with a cat is never wasted.
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It takes time for the absent to assume their true shape in our thoughts.
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