There are days when solitude, for someone my age, is a head… - Colette

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There are days when solitude, for someone my age, 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.

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Sidonie-Gabrielle Colette (28 January 1873 – 3 August 1954) was a French writer, usually known simply by her pen-name "Colette."

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Native Name: Sidonie-Gabrielle-Claudine Colette • Sidonie-Gabrielle Colette

Alternative Names: Sidonie Gabrielle Colette

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