A kindly gesture bestowed by us on an animal arouses prodigies of understanding and gratitude.
SIDONIE GABRIELLE COLETTESincerity is not a spontaneous flower nor is modesty either.
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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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If he’s getting married, he’s not longer interesting.
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Time spent with a cat is never wasted.
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I have found my voice again and the art of using it.
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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 want nothing from love, in short, but love.
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The true traveler is he who goes on foot, and even then, he sits down a lot of the time.
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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.
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We only do well the things we like doing.
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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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One keeps forgetting old age up to the very brink of the grave.
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Sincerity is not a spontaneous flower nor is modesty either.
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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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It takes time for the absent to assume their true shape in our thoughts.
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You do not notice changes in what is always before you.
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