Gabrielle

Famous quotes containing the word gabrielle:

“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 [Sidonie Gabrielle Colette] (1873–1954)

“On this narrow planet, we have only the choice between two unknown worlds. One of them tempts us—ah! what a dream, to live in that!—the other stifles us at the first breath.”
—Colette [Sidonie Gabrielle Colette] (1873–1954)

“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.”
—Colette [Sidonie Gabrielle Colette] (1873–1954)