Quotes by Colette, Sidonie Gabrielle

It takes time for the absent to assume their true shape in our thought >>

My true friends have always given me that supreme proof of devotion, a >>

But just as delicate fare does not stop you from craving for saveloys, >>

Quotations about Suffering

Who feareth to suffer suffereth already, because he feareth. >>

Every age, every culture, every custom and tradition has its own chara >>

You are outside life, you are above life, you have miseries which the >>

Is suffering so very serious? I have come to doubt it. It may be quite childish, a sort of undignified pastime -- I'm referring to the kind of suffering a man inflicts on a woman or a woman on a man. It's extremely painful. I agree that it's hardly bearable. But I very much fear that this sort of pain deserves no consideration at all. It's no more worthy of respect than old age or illness.

Colette, Sidonie Gabrielle