Writing only leads to more writing.
SIDONIE GABRIELLE COLETTESincerity is not a spontaneous flower nor is modesty either.
More Sidonie Gabrielle Colette Quotes
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There are no ordinary cats.
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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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You must not pity me because my sixtieth year finds me still astonished. To be astonished is one of the surest ways of not growing old too quickly.
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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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There is no need to waste pity on young girls who are having their moments of disillusionment, for in another moment they will recover their illusion.
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Hope costs nothing.
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That lovely voice; how I should weep for joy if I could hear it now!
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There are connoisseurs of blue just as there are connoisseurs of wine.
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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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What a wonderful life I’ve had! I only wish I’d realized it sooner.
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If I can’t have too many truffles, I’ll do without truffles.
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The faults of husbands are often caused by the excess virtues of their wives.
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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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Total absence of humor renders life impossible.
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I am going away with him to an unknown country where I shall have no past and no name, and where I shall be born again with a new face and an untried heart.
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