“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.”

—  Colette , Chéri

Source: La Fin de Chéri (The Last of Cheri) (1926)

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1873-1954 French novelist: wrote Gigi 1873–1954

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