Quotes by Colette, Sidonie Gabrielle

A pretty little collection of weaknesses and a terror of spiders are o >>

Look for a long time at what pleases you, and a longer time at what pa >>

Voluptuaries, consumed by their senses, always begin by flinging thems >>

Quotations about Animals

Animals are stylized characters in a kind of old saga -- stylized beca >>

There is something in the unselfish and self-sacrificing love of a bru >>

What is man without the beasts? If all the beasts were gone, man would >>

Shall we never have done with that cliche, so stupid that it could only be human, about the sympathy of animals for man when he is unhappy? Animals love happiness almost as much as we do. A fit of crying disturbs them, they'll sometimes imitate sobbing, and for a moment they'll reflect our sadness. But they flee unhappiness as they flee fever, and I believe that in the long run they are capable of boycotting it.

Colette, Sidonie Gabrielle