Zitate Colette
— Colette, Chéri
Quelle: La Fin de Chéri (The Last of Cheri) (1926)
„When she raises her eyelids it's as if she were taking off all her clothes.“
— Colette
Claudine and Annie (1903)
— Colette, buch The Pure and the Impure
Quelle: The Pure and the Impure
„To a poet, silence is an acceptable response, even a flattering one.“
— Colette
Paris From My Window (1944)
„Total absence of humor renders life impossible.“
— Colette
Chance Acquaintances (1952)
Quelle: Chance Acquaintances and Julie de Carneilhan
„I have found my voice again and the art of using it…“
— Colette, buch The Vagabond
Quelle: The Vagabond
„To be astonished is one of the surest ways of not growing old too quickly.“
— Colette
Speech on being elected to the Belgian Academy, as quoted https://books.google.com/books?id=5KMkAQAAMAAJ&dq=%22To+be+astonished+is+one+of+the+surest+ways+of+not+growing+old+too+quickly.%22+intitle%3A%22Earthly+Paradise%22+inauthor%3AColette&focus=searchwithinvolume&q=%22You+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.%22 in “Lady of Letters” Pt. 4, Earthly Paradise (autobiography, 1966) ed. Robert Phelps
Kontext: 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.
— Colette
Quelle: Gigi, Julie de Carneilhan, and Chance Acquaintances: Three Short Novels
„If I can't have too many truffles, I'll do without truffles“
— Colette
As quoted in Close to Colette by Maurice Goudeket
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