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Colette Quotes: "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."

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.



Colette Quotes: "It is not a bad thing that children should occasionally, and politely, put parents in their place."

It is not a bad thing that children should occasionally, and politely, put parents in their place.




Colette Quotes: "Faith is believing that the outcome will be what it should be, no matter what it is."

Faith is believing that the outcome will be what it should be, no matter what it is.



Colette Quotes: "Be happy. It's one way of being wise."

Be happy. It's one way of being wise.




Colette Quotes: "My eyes, I have filled with Jesus upon Whom I have fixed them at the Elevation of the Host at Holy Mass and I do not wish to replace Him with any other image"

My eyes, I have filled with Jesus upon Whom I have fixed them at the Elevation of the Host at Holy Mass and I do not wish to replace Him with any other image



Colette Quotes: "If I can't have too many truffles, I'll do without truffles."

If I can't have too many truffles, I'll do without truffles.



Colette Quotes: "If there be a true way that leads to the Everlasting Kingdom, it is most certainly that of suffering, patiently endured."

If there be a true way that leads to the Everlasting Kingdom, it is most certainly that of suffering, patiently endured.




Colette Quotes: "Our perfect companions never have fewer than four feet."

Our perfect companions never have fewer than four feet.



Colette Quotes: "Time spent with a cat is never wasted."

Time spent with a cat is never wasted.



Colette Quotes: "I believe there are more urgent and honorable occupations than the incomparable waste of time we call suffering."

I believe there are more urgent and honorable occupations than the incomparable waste of time we call suffering.



Colette Quotes: "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."

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.



Colette Quotes: "You will do foolish things, but do them with enthusiasm."

You will do foolish things, but do them with enthusiasm.




Colette Quotes: "I love my past, I love my present. I am not ashamed of what I have had, and I am not sad because I no longer have it."

I love my past, I love my present. I am not ashamed of what I have had, and I am not sad because I no longer have it.



Colette Quotes: "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."

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.



Colette Quotes: "Be willing to dance the victory dance as if your greatest dreams are realized, and watch how easily things fall into place."

Be willing to dance the victory dance as if your greatest dreams are realized, and watch how easily things fall into place.



Colette Quotes: "Never touch a butterfly's wing with your finger."

Never touch a butterfly's wing with your finger.



Colette Quotes: "By an image we hold on to our lost treasures, but it is the wrenching loss that forms the image, composes, binds the bouquet."

By an image we hold on to our lost treasures, but it is the wrenching loss that forms the image, composes, binds the bouquet.



Colette Quotes: "A woman who thinks she is intelligent demands the same rights as man. An intelligent woman gives up."

A woman who thinks she is intelligent demands the same rights as man. An intelligent woman gives up.



Colette Quotes: "What a wonderful life I've had! I only wish I'd realized it sooner."

What a wonderful life I've had! I only wish I'd realized it sooner.



Colette Quotes: "There are connoisseurs of blue just as there are connoisseurs of wine."

There are connoisseurs of blue just as there are connoisseurs of wine.



Colette Quotes: "A kindly gesture bestowed by us on an animal arouses prodigies of understanding and gratitude."

A kindly gesture bestowed by us on an animal arouses prodigies of understanding and gratitude.



Colette Quotes: "There are no ordinary cats."

There are no ordinary cats.



Colette Quotes: "It takes time for the absent to assume their true shape in our thoughts."

It takes time for the absent to assume their true shape in our thoughts.



Colette Quotes: "Smokers, male and female, inject and excuse idleness in their lives every time they light a cigarette."

Smokers, male and female, inject and excuse idleness in their lives every time they light a cigarette.



Colette Quotes: "I went to collect the few personal belongings which...I held to be invaluable: my cat, my resolve to travel, and my solitude."

I went to collect the few personal belongings which...I held to be invaluable: my cat, my resolve to travel, and my solitude.



Colette Quotes: "In its early stages, insomnia is almost an oasis in which those who have to think or suffer darkly take refuge."

In its early stages, insomnia is almost an oasis in which those who have to think or suffer darkly take refuge.



Colette Quotes: "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."

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.



Colette Quotes: "Look for a long time at what pleases you, and a longer time at what pains you."

Look for a long time at what pleases you, and a longer time at what pains you.



Colette Quotes: "The lovesick, the betrayed, and the jealous all smell alike."

The lovesick, the betrayed, and the jealous all smell alike.



Colette Quotes: "beautiful December grapes, blue as plums, every grape a little skinful of sweet, tasteless water"

beautiful December grapes, blue as plums, every grape a little skinful of sweet, tasteless water



Colette Quotes: "Are you committed to your highest vision for your life or are you just satisfied to dream?"

Are you committed to your highest vision for your life or are you just satisfied to dream?



Colette Quotes: "One keeps forgetting old age up to the very brink of the grave."

One keeps forgetting old age up to the very brink of the grave.



Colette Quotes: "January, month of empty pockets! let us endure this evil month, anxious as a theatrical producer's forehead."

January, month of empty pockets! let us endure this evil month, anxious as a theatrical producer's forehead.



Colette Quotes: "Sincerity is not a spontaneous flower nor is modesty either."

Sincerity is not a spontaneous flower nor is modesty either.



Colette Quotes: "I am going away with him to an unknown country where I shall have no past and no name, and where I shall be born again with a new face and an untried heart."

I am going away with him to an unknown country where I shall have no past and no name, and where I shall be born again with a new face and an untried heart.



Colette Quotes: "I've entered the world of wine without any professional training, but a definite appetite for good bottles."

I've entered the world of wine without any professional training, but a definite appetite for good bottles.



Colette Quotes: "It is wise to apply the oil of refined politeness to the mechanisms of friendship."

It is wise to apply the oil of refined politeness to the mechanisms of friendship.



Colette Quotes: "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."

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.



Colette Quotes: "If he's getting married, he's not longer interesting."

If he's getting married, he's not longer interesting.



Colette Quotes: "Total absence of humor renders life impossible."

Total absence of humor renders life impossible.



Colette Quotes: "You do not notice changes in what is always before you."

You do not notice changes in what is always before you.



Colette Quotes: "I want nothing from love, in short, but love."

I want nothing from love, in short, but love.



Colette Quotes: "The faults of husbands are often caused by the excess virtues of their wives."

The faults of husbands are often caused by the excess virtues of their wives.



Colette Quotes: "My true friends have always given me that supreme proof of devotion, a spontaneous aversion for the man I loved."

My true friends have always given me that supreme proof of devotion, a spontaneous aversion for the man I loved.



Colette Quotes: "At sixty-three years of age, less a quarter, one still has plans."

At sixty-three years of age, less a quarter, one still has plans.



Colette Quotes: "A happy childhood is poor preparation for human contacts."

A happy childhood is poor preparation for human contacts.



Colette Quotes: "A pretty little collection of weaknesses and a terror of spiders are our indispensable stock-in-trade with the men..."

A pretty little collection of weaknesses and a terror of spiders are our indispensable stock-in-trade with the men...



Colette Quotes: "To a poet, silence is an acceptable response, even a flattering one."

To a poet, silence is an acceptable response, even a flattering one.



Colette Quotes: "Jealousy is not at all low, but it catches us humbled and bowed down, at first sight."

Jealousy is not at all low, but it catches us humbled and bowed down, at first sight.