“There is no need to waste pity on young girls who are having their moments of disillusionment, for in another moment they will recover their illusion.”

—  Colette

“Wedding Day”, Earthly Paradise (1966) ed. Robert Phelps

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1873-1954 French novelist: wrote Gigi 1873–1954

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