“So now, whenever I despair, I no longer expect my end, but some bit of luck, some commonplace little miracle which, like a glittering link, will mend again the necklace of my days.”

— Colette , book The Vagabond

Source: The Vagabond

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1873-1954 French novelist: wrote Gigi 1873–1954

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