Perhaps the only misplaced curiosity is that which persists in trying to find out here, on this side of death, what lies beyond the grave.
Sidonie Gabrielle ColetteWhen she raises her eyelids it's as if she were taking off all her clothes.
Sidonie Gabrielle ColetteI believe there are more urgent and honorable occupations than the incomparable waste of time we call suffering.
Sidonie Gabrielle ColetteI did not look for her, because I was afraid of dispelling the mystery we attach to people whom we know only casually.
Sidonie Gabrielle ColetteIt is not a bad thing that children should occasionally, and politely, put parents in their place.
Sidonie Gabrielle ColetteIt's so curious: one can resist tears and 'behave' very well in the hardest hours of grief. But then someone makes you a friendly sign behind a window, or one notices that a flower that was in bud only yesterday has suddenly blossomed, or a letter slips from a drawer... and everything collapses.
Sidonie Gabrielle Colette