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.
SIDONIE GABRIELLE COLETTEYou do not notice changes in what is always before you.
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In the matter of furnishing, I find a certain absence of ugliness far worse than ugliness.
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A kindly gesture bestowed by us on an animal arouses prodigies of understanding and gratitude.
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I have found my voice again and the art of using it.
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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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I want nothing from love, in short, but love.
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What a wonderful life I’ve had! I only wish I’d realized it sooner.
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A happy childhood is poor preparation for human contacts.
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The lovesick, the betrayed, and the jealous all smell alike.
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If he’s getting married, he’s not longer interesting.
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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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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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Our perfect companions never have fewer than four feet.
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Don’t cudgel your brains over my little problems.
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At sixty-three years of age, less a quarter, one still has plans.
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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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