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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Pen Names: Colette Pavic • Colette Willy

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

Alternative Names: Sidonie Gabrielle Colette

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By means of an image we are often able to hold on to our lost belongings. But it is the desperateness of losing which picks the flowers of memory, binds the bouquet.

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.

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

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