“Her childhood, then her adolescence, had taught her patience, hope, silence and the easy manipulation of the weapons and virtues of all prisoners.” Colette Chéri Chéri (1920) pt. 2
“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)