Sidonie Gabrielle Colette
Sidonie Gabrielle Colette
Colettewas a French novelist nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1948. Her best known work, the novella Gigi, was the basis for the film and Lerner and Loewe stage production of the same name. She was also a mime, an actress and a journalist...
NationalityFrench
ProfessionNovelist
Date of Birth28 January 1873
CountryFrance
women food memorable
If I can't have too many truffles, I'll do without truffles.
home house matter
In the matter of furnishing, I find a certain absence of ugliness far worse than ugliness.
failure light glowing
Smokers, male and female, inject and excuse idleness in their lives every time they light a cigarette.
girl needs waste
There is no need to waste pity on young girls who are having their moments of disillusionment, for in another moment they will recover their illusion.
real artist once-in-a-lifetime
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.
flower modesty sincerity
Sincerity is not a spontaneous flower nor is modesty either.
butterfly butterfly-wings wings
Never touch a butterfly's wing with your finger.
country travel heart
I am going away with him to an unknown country where I shall have no past and no name, and where I shall be born again with a new face and an untried heart.
broken-heart heartbroken breakup
I believe there are more urgent and honorable occupations than the incomparable waste of time we call suffering.
happiness childhood preparation
A happy childhood is poor preparation for human contacts.
evil theatre months
January, month of empty pockets! let us endure this evil month, anxious as a theatrical producer's forehead.
happiness laughter humor
Total absence of humor renders life impossible.
friendship best-friend wise
It is wise to apply the oil of refined politeness to the mechanism of friendship.
age aging forget
One keeps forgetting old age up to the very brink of the grave.