Can it be that chance has made me one of those women so imm… - Colette

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Can it be that chance has made me one of those women so immersed in one man that, whether they are barren or not, they carry with them to the grave the shrivelled innocence of an old maid?

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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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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.

Whether you are dealing with an animal or a child, to convince is to weaken.

Humility has its origin in an awareness of unworthiness, and sometimes too in a dazzled awareness of saintliness.

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