Colette

Colette

"Don't you think, that there are very few men who know, without raising their voice or changing their tone, to say...what has to be said?"
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"Don't you think, that there are very few men who know, without raising their voice or changing their tone, to say...what has to be said?"
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"Our perfect companions never have fewer than four feet."
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"look for a long time at what pleases you, and longer still at what pains you..."
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"Time spent with a cat is never wasted."
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"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.", 1964)"
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"Hope costs nothing."
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"Be happy. It's one way of being wise"
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"No one asked you to be happy. Get to work."
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"You will do foolish things, but do them with enthusiasm."
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"What a wonderful life I’ve had! I only wish I’d realized it sooner."
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"It's so curious: one can resist tears and 'behave' very well in the hardest hours of grief. But then someone makes you a friendly sign behind a window, or one notices that a flower that was in bud only yesterday has suddenly blossomed, or a letter slips from a drawer... and everything collapses."
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