There are no ordinary cats.
SIDONIE GABRIELLE COLETTEYou will do foolish things, but do them with enthusiasm.
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No temptation can ever be measured by the value of its object.
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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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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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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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As for an authentic villain, the real thing, the absolute, the artist, one rarely meets him even once in a lifetime. The ordinary bad hat is always in part a decent fellow.
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If I can’t have too many truffles, I’ll do without truffles.
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It takes time for the absent to assume their true shape in our thoughts.
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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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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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I have found my voice again and the art of using it.
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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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You don’t think before you do something foolish. You do your thinking afterwards.
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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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Time spent with a cat is never wasted.
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