Colette Quote

There is a certain melancholy in having to tell oneself that one has said good-bye — unless of course one is a grandmother — to the age and the circumstances that enable one to observe young children closely and passionately.


Paris From My Window (1944)


There is a certain melancholy in having to tell oneself that one has said good-bye — unless of course one is a grandmother — to the age and the...

There is a certain melancholy in having to tell oneself that one has said good-bye — unless of course one is a grandmother — to the age and the...

There is a certain melancholy in having to tell oneself that one has said good-bye — unless of course one is a grandmother — to the age and the...

There is a certain melancholy in having to tell oneself that one has said good-bye — unless of course one is a grandmother — to the age and the...