81 Quotes by Colette

Our perfect companions never have fewer than four feet.

It is only in pain that a woman is capable of rising above mediocrity. Her resistance to pain is infinite; one can use and abuse it without any fear that she will die, as long as some childish physical cowardice or some religious hope keeps her from the suicide that offers her a way out.

What a wonderful life I’ve had! I only wish I’d realized it sooner.

I did not look for her, because I was afraid of dispelling the mystery we attach to people whom we know only casually.

You will do foolish things, but do them with enthusiasm.

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.

Je sais très bien, depuis longtemps, que j’ai un cœur déraisonnable, mais, de le savoir, ça ne m’arrête pas du tout.

Les beaux yeux qui ne demandent qu’à sourire ! (pg. 9)

Time spent with a cat is never wasted.