More from Colette
In the matter of furnishing, I find a certain absence of ugliness far worse than ugliness.
Gigi (1945)To a poet, silence is an acceptable response, even a flattering one.
Paris From My Window (1944)- Break of Day (1928)

I love my past. I love my present. I’m not ashamed of what I’ve had, and I’m not sad because I have it no longer.
La Fin de Chéri (The Last of Cheri) (1926) (tr. Roger Senhouse)
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In the matter of furnishing, I find a certain absence of ugliness far worse than ugliness.
To a poet, silence is an acceptable response, even a flattering one.