Sidonie Gabrielle Colette

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"Look for a long time at what pleases you, and for a longer time at what pains you."	Time
"I love my past. I love my present. I'm not ashamed of what I've had, and I'm not sad because I have it no longer."	History, Love
"Writing only leads to more writing."	Writing
"You will do foolish things, but do them with enthusiasm."	Miscellaneous
"We only do well the things we like doing."	Miscellaneous
"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."	Curiosity, Death, Determination
"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."	Age, Time
"A woman who thinks she is intelligent demands the same rights as man. An intelligent woman gives up."	Intelligence, Men, Women
"There are days when solitude is a heady wine that intoxicates you with freedom, others when it is a bitter tonic, and still others when it is a poison that makes you beat your head against the wall."	Freedom, Liberty, Time

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