Sidonie Gabrielle Colette

"A woman who thinks she is intelligent demands the same rights as man. An intelligent woman gives up. "

"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. "

"Look for a long time at what pleases you, and for a longer time at what pains you. "

"Perhaps the only misplaced curiosity is that which persists in trying to find out here, on this side of death, what lies beyond the grave. "

"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. "

"We only do well the things we like doing. "

"Writing only leads to more writing. "

"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. "

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