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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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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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.

SIDONIE GABRIELLE COLETTE

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.
SIDONIE GABRIELLE COLETTE

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That lovely voice; how I should weep for joy if I could hear it now!

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That lovely voice; how I should weep for joy if I could hear it now!
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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 COLETTE

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.
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Sincerity is not a spontaneous flower nor is modesty either.

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Sincerity is not a spontaneous flower nor is modesty either.
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Modesty Spontaneous
Look for a long time at what pleases you, and a longer time at what pains you.

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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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At sixty-three years of age, less a quarter, one still has plans.

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At sixty-three years of age, less a quarter, one still has plans.
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Grow Up Oneself
January, month of empty pockets! let us endure this evil month, anxious as a theatrical producer’s forehead.

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January, month of empty pockets! let us endure this evil month, anxious as a theatrical producer’s forehead.
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Anxiety Production Theatre
A woman who thinks she is intelligent demands the same rights as man. An intelligent woman gives up.

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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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Time spent with a cat is never wasted.

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Time spent with a cat is never wasted.
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Pet Wasted
Total absence of humor renders life impossible.

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Total absence of humor renders life impossible.
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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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My true friends have always given me that supreme proof of devotion, a spontaneous aversion for the man I loved.
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Our perfect companions never have fewer than four feet.

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Our perfect companions never have fewer than four feet.
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If I can’t have too many truffles, I’ll do without truffles.

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If I can’t have too many truffles, I’ll do without truffles.
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No temptation can ever be measured by the value of its object.

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No temptation can ever be measured by the value of its object.
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Measurement Object Temptation
The faults of husbands are often caused by the excess virtues of their wives.

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The faults of husbands are often caused by the excess virtues of their wives.
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There are days when solitude, for someone my age, is a heady wine that intoxicates you with freedom, others when it is a bitter tonic, and still others when it is a poison that makes you beat your head against the wall.

SIDONIE GABRIELLE COLETTE

There are days when solitude, for someone my age, is a heady wine that intoxicates you with freedom, others when it is a bitter tonic, and still others when it is a poison that makes you beat your head against the wall.
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