Colette Quotes

Be happy. It's one way of being wise.

Don't you think, that there are very few men who know, without raising their voice or changing their tone, to say...what has to be said?

look for a long time at what pleases you, and longer still at what pains you...

A few days later, I found my mother beneath the tree, motionless with excitement, her head turned toward the heavens in which she would allow human religions no place.

It's so curious: one can resist tears and 'behave' very well in the hardest hours of grief. But then someone makes you a friendly sign behind a window, or one notices that a flower that was in bud only yesterday has suddenly blossomed, or a letter slips from a drawer... and everything collapses.