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 COLETTEHope costs nothing.
More Sidonie Gabrielle Colette Quotes
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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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It is wise to apply the oil of refined politeness to the mechanisms of friendship.
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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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There are connoisseurs of blue just as there are connoisseurs of wine.
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Time spent with a cat is never wasted.
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In the matter of furnishing, I find a certain absence of ugliness far worse than ugliness.
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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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If I can’t have too many truffles, I’ll do without truffles.
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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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Total absence of humor renders life impossible.
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To a poet, silence is an acceptable response, even a flattering one.
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When she raises her eyelids it’s as if she were taking off all her clothes.
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It takes time for the absent to assume their true shape in our thoughts.
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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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No one asked you to be happy. Get to work.
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