Colette nejznámější citáty
Colette: Citáty o lásce
Colette: Citáty o ženách
Colette citáty a výroky
Colette: Citáty anglicky
Colette kniha The Pure and the Impure
Zdroj: The Pure and the Impure
“To a poet, silence is an acceptable response, even a flattering one.”
Paris From My Window (1944)
“To be astonished is one of the surest ways of not growing old too quickly.”
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 <br class="br">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.
Zdroj: Gigi, Julie de Carneilhan, and Chance Acquaintances: Three Short Novels
“If I can't have too many truffles, I'll do without truffles”
As quoted in Close to Colette by Maurice Goudeket
Attributed
“You do not notice changes in what is always before you.”
Mes Apprentissages (1936)
“Wedding Day”, Earthly Paradise (1966) ed. Robert Phelps
Le Pur et l'Impur (The Pure and the Impure) (1932)
Aunt Alicia
Gigi (1945)
Le Pur et l'Impur (The Pure and the Impure) (1932)
Journey for Myself (1971) “Beauties,” Quatre Saisons (c. 1928).
Le Pur et l'Impur (The Pure and the Impure) (1932)
Speech on being elected to the Belgian Academy, as quoted in “Lady of Letters” Pt. 4, Earthly Paradise (1966) ed. Robert Phelps
“The South of France”, Earthly Paradise (1966) ed. Robert Phelps
“Whether you are dealing with an animal or a child, to convince is to weaken.”
Le Pur et l'Impur (The Pure and the Impure) (1932)
"The Captain", Earthly Paradise (1966) ed. Robert Phelps
Barks and Purrs
“It is wise to apply the oil of refined politeness to the mechanisms of friendship.”
Zdroj: Le Pur et l'Impur (The Pure and the Impure) (1932), Ch. 9
“In the matter of furnishing, I find a certain absence of ugliness far worse than ugliness.”
The Photographer’s Wife
Gigi (1945)
Speech on being elected to the Belgian Academy, as quoted in “Lady of Letters” Pt. 4, Earthly Paradise (1966) ed. Robert Phelps
