Sidonie Gabrielle Colette

You will do foolish things, but do them with enthusiasm. ↗

— Sidonie Gabrielle Colette

#foolish #them #things #will #you

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

#beat #bitter #days #freedom #head

Our perfect companions never have fewer than four feet. ↗

— Sidonie Gabrielle Colette

#feet #fewer #four #never #our

Total absence of humor renders life impossible. ↗

— Sidonie Gabrielle Colette

#humor #impossible #life #renders #total

Be happy. It's one way of being wise. ↗

— Sidonie Gabrielle Colette

#be happy #being #happy #way #wise

My true friends have always given me that supreme proof of devotion, a spontaneous aversion for the man I loved. ↗

— Sidonie Gabrielle Colette

#aversion #devotion #friends #given #i

In its early stages, insomnia is almost an oasis in which those who have to think or suffer darkly take refuge. ↗

— Sidonie Gabrielle Colette

#early #early stages #insomnia #oasis #refuge

What a wonderful life I've had! I only wish I'd realized it sooner. ↗

— Sidonie Gabrielle Colette

#had #i #only #realized #sooner

As for an authentic villain, the real thing, the absolute, the artist, one rarely meets him even once in a lifetime. The ordinary bad hat is always in part a decent fellow. ↗

— Sidonie Gabrielle Colette

#always #artist #authentic #bad #decent

On this narrow planet, we have only the choice between two unknown worlds. One of them tempts us - ah! what a dream, to live in that! - the other stifles us at the first breath. ↗

— Sidonie Gabrielle Colette

#between #breath #choice #dream #first