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That lovely voice how I should weep for joy if I could hear it now!
Sidonie Gabrielle Colette
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Sidonie Gabrielle Colette
Age: 81 †
Born: 1873
Born: January 28
Died: 1954
Died: August 3
Actor
Ghostwriter
Journalist
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One keeps forgetting old age up to the very brink of the grave.
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So now, whenever I despair, I no longer expect my end, but some bit of luck, some commonplace little miracle which, like a glittering link, will mend again the necklace of my days.
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I went to collect the few personal belongings which...I held to be invaluable: my cat, my resolve to travel, and my solitude.
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You don't think before you do something foolish. You do your thinking afterwards.
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Jealousy is not at all low, but it catches us humbled and bowed down, at first sight.
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Hope costs nothing.
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