Sidonie Gabrielle Colette

I love my past, I love my present. I am not ashamed of what I have had, and I am not sad because I no longer have it.

To a poet, silence is an acceptable response, even a flattering one.

A woman who thinks she is intelligent demands the same rights as man. An intelligent woman gives up.

Much violence is based on the illusion that life is a property to be defended and not to be shared.

I've always been very determined, ever since I was a little girl, to make my way.

If we look at the life cycle of technologies, we see an early period of over-enthusiasm, then a 'bust' when disillusionment sets in, followed by the real revolution.