Sidonie Gabrielle
Sidonie Gabrielle
lying cat long
I am indebted to the cat for a particular kind of honorable deceit, for a greater control over myself, for a characteristic aversion to brutal sounds, and for the need to keep silent for long periods of time.
love jealous smell
The lovesick, the betrayed, and the jealous all smell alike.
sex clothes sensual
When she raises her eyelids, it's as if she were taking off all her clothes.
years age growing
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.
wall wine being-alone
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.
happiness happy wise
Be happy. It's one way of being wise.
inspirational teacher appreciation
You will do foolish things, but do them with enthusiasm.
time cat funny-cat
Time spent with a cat is never wasted.
writing judging down-and
Sit down and put down everything that comes into your head and then you're a writer. But an author is one who can judge his own stuff's worth, without pity, and destroy most of it.
family children parenting
It is not a bad thing that children should occasionally, and politely, put parents in their place.