“ It is wise to apply the oil of refined politeness to the mechanism of friendship. Sidonie Gabrielle Colette
“ Jealousy is not at all low, but it catches us humbled and bowed down, at first sight. Sidonie Gabrielle Colette
“ A woman who thinks she is intelligent demands the same rights as man. An intelligent woman gives up. Sidonie Gabrielle Colette
“ 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. Sidonie Gabrielle Colette
“ I love my past, I love my present. I am not ashamed of what I have had, and I am not sad because I no longer have it. Sidonie Gabrielle Colette
