Gabrielle

Famous quotes containing the word gabrielle:

“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)

“Smokers, male and female, inject and excuse idleness in their lives every time they light a cigarette.”
—Colette [Sidonie Gabrielle Colette] (1873–1954)

“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)