Sidonie Gabrielle Colette (Colette) Quotes

If we want to be sincere, we must admit that there is a well-nourished love and an ill-nourished love. And the rest is literature.

Sidonie Gabrielle Colette

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• If we want to be sincere, we must admit that there is a well-nourished love and an ill-nourished love. And the rest is literature.

  

  Sidonie Gabrielle Colette
  • Love
  • Literature
  • Sincere