Time spent with a cat is never wasted.
SIDONIE GABRIELLE COLETTEYou will do foolish things, but do them with enthusiasm.
More Sidonie Gabrielle Colette Quotes
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Perhaps the only misplaced curiosity is that which persists in trying to find out here, on this side of death, what lies beyond the grave.
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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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By an image we hold on to our lost treasures, but it is the wrenching loss that forms the image, composes, binds the bouquet.
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What a wonderful life I’ve had! I only wish I’d realized it sooner.
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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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The day after that wedding night I found that a distance of a thousand miles, abyss and discovery and irremediable metamorphosis, separated me from the day before.
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One keeps forgetting old age up to the very brink of the grave.
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You do not notice changes in what is always before you.
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If I can’t have too many truffles, I’ll do without truffles.
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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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We only do well the things we like doing.
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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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Don’t cudgel your brains over my little problems.
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No one asked you to be happy. Get to work.
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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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