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"It is wise to apply the oil of refined politeness to the mechanisms of friendship."
- Colette, The Pure and the Impure, 1932, More quotation on Friendship. | |
"A happy childhood is poor preparation for human contacts."
- Colette. | |
"There are days when solitude, for someone my age, 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."
- Colette, 'Freedom,' 1908. | |
"Total absence of humor renders life impossible."
- Colette, Chance Acquaintances, 1952, More quotation on Laughter. | |
"You will do foolish things, but do them with enthusiasm."
- Colette, in New York World-Telegram and Sun, 1961. | |
"The true traveler is he who goes on foot, and even then, he sits down a lot of the time."
- Colette, Paris From My Window, 1944, More quotation on Travel. | |
"We only do well the things we like doing."
- Colette, Prisons and Paradise, 1932. | |
"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."
- Colette, The Last of Cheri, 1926. |
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