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There are days when solitude, for someone my age, is a heady wine that intoxicates you with freedom, others when it is a bitter tonic, and still others when it is a poison that makes you beat your head against the wall.

Sidonie Gabrielle Colette

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A happy childhood is poor preparation for human contacts.
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Hope costs nothing.
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At sixty-three years of age, less a quarter, one still has plans.
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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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The true traveler is he who goes on foot, and even then, he sits down a lot of the time.
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Sit down and put down everything that comes into your head and then you’re a writer. But an author is one who can judge his own stuff’s worth, without pity, and destroy most of it.
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Writing only leads to more writing.
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What a wonderful life I’ve had! I only wish I’d realized it sooner.
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You do not notice changes in what is always before you.
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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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I want nothing from love, in short, but love.
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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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The faults of husbands are often caused by the excess virtues of their wives.
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There are days when solitude, for someone my age, is a heady wine that intoxicates you with freedom, others when it is a bitter tonic, and still others when it is a poison that makes you beat your head against the wall.
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To a poet, silence is an acceptable response, even a flattering one.
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