Sidonie Gabrielle
Sidonie Gabrielle
delight despised
What a delight it is to make friends with someone you have despised
becoming cat risks
By associating with the cat one only risks becoming richer.
half la
How do you like them? like a pear, a lemon, a la Montgolfier, half an apple, or a cantaloupe? Go and choose, don't be embarrassed.
couple dozen help lose pounds
Give me a dozen such heartbreaks, if that would help me lose a couple of pounds
longer pains pleases time
Look for a long time at what pleases you, and for a longer time at what pains you
beauty ease surrounded
We don't feel at ease here: we are surrounded by too much beauty
struggle flower writing
To write is to pour one’s innermost self passionately upon the tempting paper, at such frantic speed that sometimes one’s hand struggles and rebels, overdriven by the impatient god which guides it - and to find, next day, in place of the golden bough that bloomed miraculously in that dazzling hour, a withered bramble and a stunted flower.
time shapes assuming
It takes time for the absent to assume their true shape in our thoughts.
distance night discovery
The day after that wedding night I found that a distance of a thousand miles, abyss and discovery and irremediable metamorphosis, separated me from the day before.
jewels tables kingdoms
Truffles must come to the table in their own stock and as you break open this jewel sprung from a poverty-stricken soil, imagine - if you have never visited it - the desolate kingdom where it rules.
gratitude animal understanding
A kindly gesture bestowed by us on an animal arouses prodigies of understanding and gratitude.
enjoyment wells
We only do well the things we like doing.
wine training world
I've entered the world of wine without any professional training, but a definite appetite for good bottles.
flower modesty sincerity
Sincerity is not a spontaneous flower nor is modesty either.