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I just finished “Break of Day” by French author Colette. I mentioned before that her birthday and mine are both January 28, right? In fact I seem to be specialising in women authors born in late January… Edith Wharton’s is January 24. Virginia Woolf’s is January 25. Anyway…

Here’s a quote. The character Helen Clement is speaking to Colette. (The ellipses are hers.)

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In short, Madame Colette, it’s true that I live in a very independent way and that I work. But after all, you know life well enough to understand that there are times when things aren’t easy, that I’m a woman like any other… that one can’t avoid certain affections… certain hopes, and it’s just in that particular hope that I’ve been disappointed.