No one asked you to be happy. Get to work.
SIDONIE GABRIELLE COLETTEThe lovesick, the betrayed, and the jealous all smell alike.
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Smokers, male and female, inject and excuse idleness in their lives every time they light a cigarette.
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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 will do foolish things, but do them with enthusiasm.
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Total absence of humor renders life impossible.
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In the matter of furnishing, I find a certain absence of ugliness far worse than ugliness.
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I want nothing from love, in short, but love.
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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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You do not notice changes in what is always before you.
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It takes time for the absent to assume their true shape in our thoughts.
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In its early stages, insomnia is almost an oasis in which those who have to think or suffer darkly take refuge.
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There are no ordinary cats.
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I am indebted to the cat for a particular kind of honorable deceit, for a greater control over myself, for a characteristic aversion to brutal sounds, and for the need to keep silent for long periods of time.
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January, month of empty pockets! let us endure this evil month, anxious as a theatrical producer’s forehead.
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Never touch a butterfly’s wing with your finger.
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I’ve entered the world of wine without any professional training, but a definite appetite for good bottles.
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