Quotes by Sidonie Gabrielle Claudine Colette

Those pleasures so lightly called physical.

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.

Whether you are dealing with an animal or a child, to convince is to weaken.

No temptation can ever be measured by the value of its object.

A bestial and violent man will go so far as to kill because he is under the influence of drink, exasperated, or driven by rage and alcohol. He is paltry. He does not know the pleasure of killing, the charity of bestowing death like a caress, of linking it with the play of the noble wild beasts: every cat, every tiger, embraces its prey and licks it even while it destroys it.

A happy childhood is poor preparation for human contacts.

Be happy. It is a way of being wise.

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

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.

The day after that wedding night I found that a distance of a thousand miles, abyss and discovery and irremediable metamorphosis, separated me from the day before.