Quotes By Sidonie Gabrielle Colette

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.

Never touch a butterfly's wing with your finger.

Sincerity is not a spontaneous flower nor is modesty either.

A happy childhood is poor preparation for human contacts.

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

In the matter of furnishing, I find a certain absence of ugliness far worse than ugliness.

A pretty little collection of weaknesses and a terror of spiders are our indispensable stock-in-trade with the men.

If I can't have too many truffles, I'll do without truffles.