Colette

Books by Colette

Gigi
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The Cinderella complex
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Chéri
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Quotes by Colette

A few days later, I found my mother beneath the tree, motionless with excitement, her head turned toward the heavens in which she would allow human religions no place.
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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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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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No one asked you to be happy. Get to work.
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Be happy. It's one way of being wise
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If he's getting married, he's not longer interesting.
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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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If he's getting married, he's not longer interesting.
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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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A few days later, I found my mother beneath the tree, motionless with excitement, her head turned toward the heavens in which she would allow human religions no place.
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No one asked you to be happy. Get to work.
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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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Be happy. It's one way of being wise
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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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Time spent with a cat is never wasted.
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When one can read, can penetrate the enchanted realm of books, why write?
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It is wise to apply the oil of refined politeness to the mechanism of friendship.
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It is not a bad thing that children should occasionally, and politely, put parents in their place.
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There is nothing that gives more assurance than a mask.
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