A kindly gesture bestowed by us on an animal arouses prodigies of understanding and gratitude.
SIDONIE GABRIELLE COLETTEIn its early stages, insomnia is almost an oasis in which those who have to think or suffer darkly take refuge.
More Sidonie Gabrielle Colette Quotes
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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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The lovesick, the betrayed, and the jealous all smell alike.
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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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If he’s getting married, he’s not longer interesting.
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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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I have found my voice again and the art of using it.
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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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My true friends have always given me that supreme proof of devotion, a spontaneous aversion for the man I loved.
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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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That lovely voice; how I should weep for joy if I could hear it now!
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You do not notice changes in what is always before you.
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Hope costs nothing.
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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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At sixty-three years of age, less a quarter, one still has plans.
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