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

“Go right to the solution so that there won't be a problem.-Colette”

“The more sensitive the lunatic, the less able is he to resist this prying interest of the normal human being. I felt that Renée's change of key - to myself, I compared Renée to a sweet melody, a little flat despite its laborious harmonies - was approaching.”

“The woman who thinks she is intelligent demands equal rights with men. A woman who is intelligent does not.”

“As for an authentic villain the real thing the absolute the artist one rarely meets him even once in a lifetime. The ordinary bad hat is always in part a decent fellow.”

“We only do well the things we like doing.”

“We only do well the things we like doing.”

“Time spent with cats is never wasted.”

“Friendship which is of its nature a delicate thing fastidious slow of growth is easily checked will hesitate demur recoil where love good old blustering love bowls ahead and blunders through every obstacle.”

“Hope costs nothing.”

“What a wonderful life I've had! I only wish I'd realized it sooner.”